CAMBODIA

Jerome Montiadora
Renjo Carmona
 HISTORY
• Cambodia inherited legal and political systems and a
state administration system from France. The kingdom
became a French protectorate in 1863 and a colony in
1884. In 1953 Cambodia gained its independence from
France. Today, the country adheres to a civil law system
and an administration system that developed out of the
French system.
 HISTORY
• 1979 January - The • 1981 - The pro-Vietnamese
People's Republic of Kampuchean People's
Kampuchea is established. Revolutionary Party wins
parliamentary elections. The
Many elements of life international community
before the Khmer Rouge refuses to recognise the new
take-over are re- government.
established.
 SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
• Parliamentary system
• Unitary state
• Constitutional monarchy
• One-party state
• Elective monarchy
 SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
• The politics of Cambodia takes place in a framework of a
constitutional monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister Hun Sen is the
head of government and a Monarch is head of state. The kingdom
formally takes place according to the nation's constitution (enacted in
1993) in a framework of a parliamentary, representative democracy.
Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is
vested in the two chambers of parliament, the National Assembly and
the Senate.
 POLITICAL PARTIES AND
ELECTORAL SYSTEM
ELECTORAL
POLITICAL PARTIES SYSTEM
• Cambodian People's Party (CPP) • Cambodia is a one party dominant
• United Front for an Independent, state with the Cambodian People's
Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Party in power. Cambodia's legislature
Cambodia (FUNCINPEC)  is chosen through a national election. 
• Cambodia National Rescue Party
(CNRP).
 STATE ADMINISTRATION
• Cambodia’s sub-national administration consists of three tiers, namely capital city/province,
district/municipality/khan and sangkat/commune:
• Capital city: Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia. The capital city is divided into
khans, which are then subdivided into sangkats. Provinces are divided into municipalities
and districts. While municipalities are subdivided into sangkats, districts are subdivided into
communes and sangkats. Currently, the kingdom consists of a capital city, 24 provinces, 159
districts, 26 municipalities and 12 khans, 1406 communes and 227 sangkats. The most
recently established province is Tboung Khmum, an area separated from Kampong Cham
province. Villages are not part of the country’s territorial administration. Currently, the total
number of villages recorded by the Ministry of Interior stands at 14,168.4
 STATE ADMINISTRATION
• lies on requests made by Ministry of
Interior. The boards are responsible for
implementing policies, action plans,
decisions and deika decided and approved
by the councils, and also reporting to the
councils on progress. As representatives of
the executive, governors supervise,
coordinate and direct all line departments
and units of the government ministries and
institutions that operate within the
jurisdiction of that capital or provincial
administration (see Ministries and national
bodies).
• With a recent amendment to the Law on the
Organization and Functioning of the
Council of Ministers, all levels of local
administration will have more authority in
directing and managing civil servants from
government ministries and other national
bodies who are working in their
jurisdiction. However, such authority
remains pending since it needs a delegation
of power from the government by sub-
decrees.
 POLITICAL CULTURE
• KHMER POLITICAL CULTURE
 CIVIL SOCIETY

• The civil society in Cambodia has existed since the rebirth of

the Cambodian democracy in 1993, the year that Cambodia
avowed its commitment to security and peace building,
following the signing of the Paris Peace Accord and the setting
up of national elections with the assistance of the United
Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia.