Dien Del
Cambodian politician/general (1932-2013) · Cambodia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 81
General Dien Del was a prominent Cambodian military officer and later, politician.
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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.
