Sam Rainsy Party

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The Sam Rainsy Party (Pak Sam Rainsy or Kanakpak Som Raeangsee) is a personalist and more or less liberal party in Cambodia. The party is a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats. The name of the leader, Sam Rainsy is pronounced in Khmer as Som Raeangsee.

The Sam Rainsy Party, founded in 1995 as the Khmer National Party and given its current name in 1998, is the third largest party in Cambodia and constitutes the official opposition. The party is a well-known opposition to the Cambodian People's Party. The party is also well known for its anti-Vietnamese sentiments and usage of derogatory name "youn" towards Vietnamese in party's newspaper Sralanh Khmer.

[edit] See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy

[edit] External links

• Sam Rainsy Party official site

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