Dien Del

Dien Del
Dien Del in Kien Svay, Cambodia, January 2008
Born	1932 Sóc Trăng, Cochinchina, French Indochina[1]: 197
Died	13 February 2013(2013-02-13) (aged 81) Tuek Thla, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Allegiance	Cambodia
Years of service	1951–2001
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	2nd FANK Division; Governor and Commander of Territorial Forces, Kandal Province; Chief of General Staff KPNLAF; Inspector General of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces General Staff
Battles / wars	Cambodian Civil War Operation Chenla II, 1971 Defense of Phnom Penh, 1975 Cambodian–Vietnamese War Defense of Ampil Refugee Camp, 1985
Alma mater	Lycee Sisowath, Montpelier School of Military Administration

General Dien Del (1932 – February 13, 2013) was a prominent Cambodian military officer and later, politician. He directed combat operations in Cambodia, first as a general in the Army of the Khmer Republic (1970–1975) and then as a leader of Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) guerrilla forces fighting against the Vietnamese occupation (1979–1992). Following Vietnam's withdrawal from Cambodia in 1990, he presided over the demobilization of the KPNLF's armed forces in February 1992. In 1998 he was elected to the National Legislative Assembly as a member of FUNCINPEC. He spent the last fifteen years of his career as advisor to the Cambodian government.