Long Boret

ABOUT LONG BORET

Cambodian politician who was the 25th Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1973 to 1975. He was executed after trying to negotiate peace during the Cambodian Civil War.

He studied in France before returning to Cambodia to work in the Royal Treasury.

He refused to flee Cambodia even after being marked for death by the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian Civil War.

He and his wife and young children tried at the last minute to flee when the Kmer Rouge captured the city of Phnom Penh, but were unsuccessful.

He was Prime Minister of Cambodia when Lon Nol was President of the same country.