Sangkum

Popular Socialist Community
សង្គមរាស្ត្រនិយម
Communauté socialiste populaire
FounderNorodom Sihanouk
Founded22 March 1955
Dissolved18 March 1970
Merger ofVictorious Northeast
Khmer Renovation
Liberal Party
Succeeded byFUNCINPEC
Youth wingSocialist Youth
Membership (1955)450,000[1]
IdeologyKhmer nationalism
National conservatism[2]
Royalism
Statism[3]
Buddhist socialism[4][5]
Economic nationalism[2]
Political positionBig tent
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

The Sangkum Reastr Niyum (Khmer: សង្គមរាស្ត្រនិយម, Sângkôm Réastrnĭyôm [sɑŋkɔm riəhnijɔm], lit.'Popular Community';[6] French: Communauté socialiste populaire), usually translated as Popular (or People's) Socialist Community[7] and commonly known simply as the Sangkum (Khmer: សង្គម, Sângkôm [sɑŋkɔm]; lit.'Society' or 'Community'), was a political organisation set up on 22 March 1955 by Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.[8] 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.[8] Central to the Sangkum ideology were nationalism, conservatism, preserving the monarchy, and a conservative interpretation of Buddhism.[2]

  1. ^ "1955 polls: the Sangkum takes hold". The Phnom Penh Post. 13 February 1998. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "CAMBODIA UNDER SIHANOUK, 1954–70". Facts and Details. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Language and National Identity in Asia: Cambodia - Sangkum Reas Niyum".
  4. ^ "Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge".
  5. ^ Becker, Elizabeth; Mydans, Seth (15 October 2012). "Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian Leader Through Shifting Allegiances, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. Cambodian-English Dictionary. Bureau of Special Research in Modern Languages. The Catholic University of America Press. Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-8132-0509-3
  7. ^ Corfield, Justin J. (2009). The History of Cambodia. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 52. ISBN 978-0313357237.
  8. ^ a b Dommen, A. The Indochinese experience of the French and the Americans, Indiana University Press, 2001, p.318