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GRUNK
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Also known as Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea

The Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea (, GRUNK; ) was a government-in-exile of Cambodia, based in Beijing and Hong Kong, that was in existence between 1970 and 1976, and was briefly in control of the country starting from 1975.

Key facts

Country.conventional_long_name
Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea
Country.common_name
GRUNK
Country.era
Cold War
Country.status
Government-in-exile
Country.event_pre
March 1970 coup d'état
Country.date_pre
18 March 1970
Country.event_start
Proclamation of GRUNK
Country.date_start
5 May 1970
Country.event_end
Democratic Kampuchea
Country.date_end
5 January 1976
Country.life_span
1970–1976
Country.event1
Capture of Phnom Penh
Country.date_event1
17 April 1975
Country.flag_p1
Flag of Cambodia.svg
Country.p1
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)Kingdom of Cambodia
Country.flag_s1
Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg
Country.s1
Democratic Kampuchea
Country.image_flag
Flag of Cambodia.svg

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  • Formation
  • Composition
  • Takeover by Khmer Rouge
  • After the fall of Phnom Penh
  • Events after the fall of Democratic Kampuchea
  • See also
  • References

The Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea (, GRUNK; ) was a government-in-exile of Cambodia, based in Beijing and Hong Kong, that was in existence between 1970 and 1976, and was briefly in control of the country starting from 1975.

The GRUNK was based on a coalition (the FUNK, acronym for "National United Front of Kampuchea") between the supporters of exiled Head of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk and the Khmer Rouge ("Red Khmer", an appellation he had himself coined for the members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea). It was formed, with Chinese backing, shortly after Sihanouk had been deposed in the 1970 Cambodian coup d'état; the Khmer Rouge insurgents had until that point been fighting Sihanouk's Sangkum regime.

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