After two years as Premier, during which Khmer Rouge and Vietcong units occupied two thirds of the country, Lon Nol, who has acquired the rank of marshal, was sworn in as Head of State and defence minister. Contact Us: lon-capa lon-capa. The Lon Nol regime is described as inefficient, penetrated with corruption and carrying on military strategic mistakes. In the early hours of March 18, Nol reluctantly acquiesced in the plot and Sihanouk was deposed Osborne, ; Chandler, He was ardently anti-communist and represented the right wing of Sihanouk governments.
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