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The Resume

    (November 13, 1913-November 17, 1985)
    Born in Prey Veng, Cambodia
    Cambodian general and politician
    Prime Minister of Cambodia (1966-67,1969-70)
    Member of the coup that overthrew Prince Norodom Sihanouk (March, 1970)
    President of the Khmer Republic (1970-75)
    Resigned and went into exile shortly before the Khmer Rouge captured the capital, Phnom Penh (April 1, 1975)
    Died in Fullerton, California

Why he might be annoying:

    He cried when he signed the documents deposing Sihanouk.
    He cried when Alexander Haig told him that the US would not deploy troops to support his regime.
    His rule became increasingly erratic and authoritarian after he suffered a stroke (February, 1971).
    He suspended the National Assembly, saying he would 'no longer play the game of democracy.' (October, 1971)
    His government was known for its corruption.
    He increasingly depended on the advice of astrologers and Buddhist mystics.
    During a Khmer Rouge assault on Phnom Penh, he sprinkled a circle of consecrated sand around the city to protect it.
    When he went into exile, he took a million dollars from the Cambodian National Bank with him.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a staunch anti-Communist.
    He rejected a plan by his Deputy Prime Minister, Sirik Matak, to assassinate Sihanouk as 'criminal insanity.'
    During the coup, his brother, Lon Nil, was killed by a pro-Sihanouk mob, which then cooked and ate his liver.
    Before going into exile, he accurately predicted, 'If the other side took over, they would kill all the educated people -- the teachers, the artists, the intellectuals -- and that would be a step towards barbarism.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 33 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 33 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying