GRUNK

Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea
រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលរួបរួមជាតិកម្ពុជា (Khmer)
Gouvernement royal d'union nationale du Kampuchéa (French)
1970–1976
Motto: ជាតិ សាសនា ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ
Chéatĕ, Sasânéa, Preăh Môhaksâtr
"Nation, Religion, King"
Anthem: នគររាជ
Nôkôr Réach
"Majestic Kingdom"
StatusGovernment-in-exile
CapitalPhnom Penh
Capital-in-exile
Official languagesKhmer
Recognised national languagesFrench
Demonym(s)Kampuchean
GovernmentMonarchy (under a coalition government)
Monarch 
• 1970–1976
Norodom Sihanouk
Prime Minister 
• 1970–1976
Penn Nouth
Historical eraCold War
18 March 1970
• Proclamation of GRUNK
5 May 1970
17 April 1975
5 January 1976
CurrencyRiel (៛) (KHR)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Cambodia
Democratic Kampuchea
Today part of

The Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea (French: Gouvernement royal d'union nationale du Kampuchéa, GRUNK; Khmer: រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលរួបរួមជាតិកម្ពុជា) 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.[1]

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.

  1. ^ "Cambodia from 1945 | Sciences Po Violence de masse et Résistance – Réseau de recherche". www.sciencespo.fr (in French). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2022.