Long Boret was later arrested by the Khmer Rouge and executed.
17 Facts About Long Boret
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Long Boret is one of two prime ministers to die in office, the other being Chan Sy.
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Long Boret is the longest serving prime minister under the presidency of Lon Nol for the Khmer Republic.
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Long Boret attended the prestigious Lycee Sisowath in Phnom Penh from 1946 to 1952, studied in France from 1953 to 1955, then returned to Cambodia to work in the Royal Treasury.
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Long Boret divorced his first wife and he married his second wife one year later.
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Long Boret was the author of a Khmer film called "Sea of Tears".
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Long Boret's children are still alive today, some are in Cambodia and some in the United States.
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Long Boret served briefly in 1958 as Deputy Secretary of State for Labour and Social Action and was re-elected to Parliament in 1962.
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Long Boret was appointed State Secretary for Finance but he publicly opposed the decision in November 1963 by Norodom Sihanouk to nationalize banks and foreign trade, and was forced to resign.
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Long Boret retained his parliamentary seat in the 1966 elections.
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Long Boret was the Information Minister from 1971 to 1972 and the Foreign Minister from 1972 to 1973.
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Long Boret remained in office until the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975.
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US Ambassador John Gunther Dean recalls that, unlike many government officials who fled Phnom Penh, Long Boret chose to remain behind despite being on a death list announced from Beijing by Norodom Sihanouk:.
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Long Boret was a competent, able man, much younger than Lon Nol or Sirik Matak.
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Long Boret had stayed in Cambodia, thinking that he could have some kind of dialogue with the Khmer Rouge.
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Long Boret was last seen by Jon Swain, Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran outside the French Embassy.
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Long Boret was executed on the grounds of the Cercle Sportif in Phnom Penh.