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Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure [11] and a parliamentary form of government. [12] The constitution, which prescribes the governing framework, was promulgated in September 1993 by the Constituent Assembly that resulted from the 1993 general election conducted under the auspices of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
Chapter VIII of the Constitution states the role of the Royal Government of Cambodia. [1]Article 99: The Council of Ministers is the Royal Government of Cambodia. The Council of Ministers shall be led by one Prime Minister assisted by Deputy Prime Ministers, and by State Ministers, Ministers, and State Secretaries as members.
The Kingdom of Cambodia is the official English name of the country. ... Cambodia's government has been described by Human Rights Watch's Southeast Asian director ...
Cambodia's first parliamentary elections were held on 1 September 1946. The Democratic Party remained the dominant-party in Cambodian politics throughout the 1940s until the formation of the Sangkum in 1955. Sangkum was the only legal party in Cambodia from 1955 to 1970 until a military coup by Marshal Lon Nol.
The cabinet shows consistent opposition towards the legalization and cultivation of marijuana in Cambodia. The Royal Government of Cambodia has turned down numerous requests from investors stating their plans to cultivate marijuana in the country under the guise of providing supplies to the medical field, such as rejecting Malaysian investors' request to grow marijuana in Kampong Speu.
The prime minister of Cambodia is the head of government of the Kingdom of Cambodia.The prime minister is also the chairman of the Council of Ministers, and represents the government at home and abroad.
After decades of conflict, Cambodia's modern era began in 1993 with the restoration of the monarchy and end of the State of Cambodia and the United Nations Transitional Authority after general elections were held. Since 1993, the Cambodian People's Party have consistently been in government, and consolidated power in a 1997 coup d'état.
In the contemporary period, the king's power has been limited to that of a symbolic figurehead. The monarchy had been in existence since at least 50 AD except during its abolition from 1970 to 1993. Since 1993, the king of Cambodia has been an elected monarch, making Cambodia one of the few elective monarchies of the world.