Liberal Democratic Party (Cambodia)

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| name = Liberal Democratic Party

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| leader1_title = Leader

| leader1_name = Sak Sutsakhan

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1990}}

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| ideology = Republicanism
Khmer nationalism
Anti-communism
Democratic capitalism
Conservatism

| position = Right-wing

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| country = Cambodia

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The Liberal Democratic Party was a Cambodian political party founded in May 1990{{Cite web|title=Party urges U.N. to stay on in Cambodia after elections|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/12/Party-urges-UN-to-stay-on-in-Cambodia-after-elections/4496716270400/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=UPI|language=en}} by Sak Sutsakhan, a former commander in the Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces.[http://www.fara.gov/docs/4672-Exhibit-AB-19920501-D1WGK004.pdf US Department of Justice Registration Statement for the LDP] The party was notably the first political party in Cambodia to hold a party congress following the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements.

History

The party was created after infighting between Sutsakhan and Son Sann following the Paris Peace Accords of 1991 led Sutsakhan to split from the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF), an anti-communist group originally started by Son Sann. In 1992, the Liberal Democratic Party held a party congress at Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium.

The Liberal Democratic Party won 62,698 votes (1.6%) in the 1993 national election,Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p70 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}} failing to win a single seat in the National Assembly.{{Cite web|date=May 6, 1994|title=Gen Sutsakhan dies|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gen-sutsakhan-dies|access-date=2022-02-04|website=www.phnompenhpost.com|language=en}}

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