Re: Bulgaria: "King's Party Ready with Presidential Nomination"


Don Aitken wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:21:48 +1100, Ken Berry <ken.berry@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >Don Aitken wrote:
> >> On 18 Jan 2006 00:34:55 GMT, (Gary Holtzman)
> >> garyholtzman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"Dag T. Hoelseth" <dhoel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=57424
> >>>> http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=57841
> >>>>
> >>>> Still an open question if Simeon Saxecoburggotski, former King of
> >>>>the Bulgarians, will run for president or not...
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for posting this link. It would be very interesting if Simeon achieved the "Triple
> >>>Crown", so to speak, and served as king, prime minister and president! Has anyone
> >>>ever done this?
> >>
> >>
> >> Norodom Sihanouk - King twice (or was it three times?), President
> >> twice, "Head of State" once and PM at least six times.
> >>
> >Officially, Sihanouk was King twice -- from his first 'appointment' by
> >the French in 1941 till his abdication (to become Prime Minister and
> >later head of state) in 1955; and from his reinstatement as King in 1993
> >to his second abdication in 2004.
> >
> >But I am not sure about your reference to his being President, unless
> >you mean of his presidency of coalitions (or even just
> >FUNCINPEC)claiming status as governments in exile from the time of the
> >1970 Lon Nol coup until virtually his reinstatement as King (although
> >even then, he tended to resign a lot and had to be cajoled into retaking
> >office).
> >
> According to the Guiness book, he was President of "Democratic
> Cambodia" from 17 April 1975, when Pnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge,
> until 11 April 1976 when he was replaced by Khieu Samphan -

Not quite.

He only accepted the post of Head of State 19th August 1975, and
returned to the capital on 9th September 1975. He was arrested and
placed in confinement within the Khemarin Palace, 2nd April 1976.
>
> >Admittedly, following the ouster of the Khmer Rouge government by
> >Vietnam in late 1978/early 1979, and during the period of the wondrously
> >named 'GRUNK' and 'FUNK', quite a few governments, including the US and
> >my own in Australia, recognised GRUNK, headed by Sihanouk, as the
> >legitimate government of Cambodia instead of that installed by Vietnam.
> >Whether this made him 'President' or renewed or continued his status as
> >'Head of State', though, I am not sure.
> >
> He was certainly President of the government in exile; I had the
> impression that he continued to use that title for some time after his
> return, before being proclaimed King again. However, I don't have
> exact dates after 1978, which is the date of publication of the
> Guinness book.
>
> >Certainly, before his reinstatement as King, the Constituent Assembly,
> >set up following the UN sponsored elections, on 14 June 1993 declared
> >the 1970 Lon Nol coup to have been illegal, and that consequently
> >Sihanouk had continued to be since then, and would continue to be, Head
> >of State.

He became Presidendt of GCKD 22nd June 1982, then President of the
Supreme National Council 17th July 1991, and was declared as the only
legal and legitimate Head of the State of Cambodia since 3rd April 1960
with the titles of President of the Supreme National Council and Head
of the State of Cambodia 14th November 1991.

> Wasn't the coup 1968? Some more dates from Guinness:
>
> 21 March 1968 Cheng Heng proclaimed "Head of State of Cambodia"
> 18 May 1968 Sihanouk formally deposed

He was already deposed as Head of State on 18th March 1968. Someone has
obviously mistaken May for March.

There are great difficulties over his exact status as "Head of State"
before this period, because when he first assumed his position he
declared that it was for "external purposes". His mother was granted
precedence over him as of 18th August 1960. She was only deprived of
her position when the Khmer Republic was declared, two years after
Sihanouk's deposition, on 9th October 1970.

.

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