List of deposed politiciansDeposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch. It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion, or forced abdication. The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop, from ecclesiastical office. Cyril of Alexandria Cyril Lucaris John Chrysostom Nestorius Photios I of Constantinople Antipope Benedict XIII Antipope John XXIII The Nine Bishops of the Nonjuring Schism Robert Duncan, VII Bishop of Pittsburgh Mark Lawrence, XIV Bishop of South Caro
Political cleansing of populationPolitical cleansing of a population is the elimination of categories of people in specific areas for political reasons. The means may vary from forced migration to genocide. Politicide is the deliberate physical destruction or elimination of a group whose members share the main characteristic of belonging to a political movement. It is a type of political repression and one of the means used to politically cleanse populations, another being forced migration.
Sihanoukville (city)Sihanoukville (siːˈhənʊkvɪl; ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ, Krŏng Preăh Seihănŭ kroŋ prĕəh səjhanuʔ), also known as Kampong Som (កំពង់សោម, Kâmpóng Saôm kɑmpɔŋ saom), is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand. The city is flanked by an almost uninterrupted string of beaches along its entire coastline and coastal marshlands bordering the Ream National Park in the east.
SangkumThe Sangkum Reastr Niyum (សង្គមរាស្ត្រនិយម, sɑŋkɔm riəhnijɔm, Popular Community; Communauté socialiste populaire), usually translated as Popular People's Socialist Community and commonly known simply as the Sangkum (សង្គម, sɑŋkɔm; Society), was a political organisation set up on 22 March 1955 by Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Though it described itself as a 'movement' rather than a political party (members had to abjure membership of any political group), the Sangkum retained control of the government of Cambodia throughout the first administration of Sihanouk, from 1955 to 1970.
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)The Kingdom of Cambodia, also known as the First Kingdom of Cambodia, and commonly referred to as the Sangkum period, refers to Norodom Sihanouk's first administration of Cambodia from 1953 to 1970, an especially significant time in the country's history. Sihanouk continues to be one of the most controversial figures in Southeast Asia's turbulent and often tragic postwar history. From 1955 until 1970, Sihanouk's Sangkum was the sole legal party in Cambodia.
Anti-intellectualismAnti-intellectualism is hostility to and mistrust of intellect, intellectuals, and intellectualism, commonly expressed as deprecation of education and philosophy and the dismissal of art, literature, and science as impractical, politically motivated, and even contemptible human pursuits. Anti-intellectuals present themselves and are perceived as champions of common folk—populists against political and academic elitism—and tend to see educated people as a status class that dominates political discourse and higher education while being detached from the concerns of ordinary people.
Neak taA neak ta (អ្នកតា, ) is a Cambodian ancestral or tutelary deity, believed locally to watch over people, places, and things, as long as they are paid proper respect. Neak ta in Khmer translates as the ancestor. A neak ta can be either feminine or masculine, and most often they operate as a couple. Though the origins of the neak ta lose themselves in the night of time, they are believed to originate in a certain worship of nature. The cult of the neak ta may be regarded as a foundational layer upon which later traditions have been overlaid.
