French protectorate of Cambodia
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The French protectorate of Cambodia (Khmer: ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្រោមអាណាព្យាបាលបារាំង; French: Protectorat français du Cambodge) refers to the Kingdom of Cambodia when it was a French protectorate within French Indochina, a collection of Southeast Asian protectorates within the French colonial empire. The protectorate was established in 1863 when the Cambodian King Norodom requested the establishment of a French protectorate over his country, meanwhile Siam (modern Thailand) renounced suzerainty over Cambodia and officially recognised the French protectorate on Cambodia.
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1863–1945 1945–1953 | |||||||||||||||
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Capital | Oudong (1863–1865) Phnom Penh (1865–1953) | ||||||||||||||
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Religion | Theravada Buddhism Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Cambodian | ||||||||||||||
Government | Elective absolute monarchy under French colonial administration (1863–1947) Unitary dominant-party parliamentary elective semi-constitutional monarchy within the French Union (1947–1953) | ||||||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||||||
• 1863–1904 | Norodom | ||||||||||||||
• 1904–1927 | Sisowath | ||||||||||||||
• 1927–1941 | Sisowath Monivong | ||||||||||||||
• 1941–1953 | Norodom Sihanouk | ||||||||||||||
Resident-Superior | |||||||||||||||
• 1863–1866 (first) | Ernest D. de Lagrée[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||
• 1953 (last) | Jean Risterucci[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||
• 1945 (first) | Norodom Sihanouk | ||||||||||||||
• 1953 (last) | Penn Nouth | ||||||||||||||
Legislature | None (rule by decree) (until 1947) Parliament (since 1947) | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||||
11 August 1863 | |||||||||||||||
• Part of French Indochina | 17 October 1887 | ||||||||||||||
• Franco-Siamese Treaty | 13 February 1904 | ||||||||||||||
• Franco-Siamese Treaty | 23 March 1907 | ||||||||||||||
Oct 1940 – Jan 1941 | |||||||||||||||
13 March 1945 | |||||||||||||||
• French restoration | 16 October 1945 | ||||||||||||||
• Constitution | 6 May 1947 | ||||||||||||||
9 November 1953 | |||||||||||||||
21 July 1954 | |||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1931 | 2,803,000 | ||||||||||||||
Currency | tical (until 1875) franc (1875–1885) piastre (from 1885) | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Cambodia |
Cambodia was integrated into the French Indochina union in 1887 along with the French colonies and protectorates in Vietnam (Cochinchina, Annam and Tonkin). In 1946, Cambodia was granted self-rule within the French Union and had its protectorate status abolished in 1949. Cambodia later gained its independence. The day was celebrated as independence day on 9 November 1953.