Sak Sutsakhan

General
Sak Sutsakhan
សក់ ស៊ុតសាខន
Chairman of the Supreme Committee
In office
12 April 1975 – 17 April 1975
Preceded bySaukham Khoy (acting)
as President of the Khmer Republic
Succeeded byNorodom Sihanouk
as President of the State Presidium
Personal details
Born(1928-02-08)8 February 1928
Battambang, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died29 April 1994(1994-04-29) (aged 66)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Military service
Allegiance First Kingdom of Cambodia
 Khmer Republic
Khmer People's National Liberation Front
Branch/service Royal Cambodian Army
 Khmer National Army
Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces
Years of service1957–1994
Rank Major general

General Sak Sutsakhan (Khmer: សក់ ស៊ុតសាខន; 8 February 1928[1] – 29 April 1994) was a Cambodian politician and soldier who had a long career in the country's politics. He was the last Head of State of the Khmer Republic, the regime overthrown by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Sak Sutsakhan formed a pro-US force known as the Khmer Sâ (White Khmer).[2] As a businessman, Sak Sutsakhan notably owned a Dairy Queen franchise in Anaheim, California.[3]

  1. ^ Some sources give 2 August.
  2. ^ Haas, Cambodia, Pol Pot, and the United States: the Faustian pact (1991), page unknown.
  3. ^ "Cambodians From S. California Go Home To Seek Political Office | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.