"Anthem of the People's Republic of Kampuchea" ( km, បទចម្រៀងនៃសាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា, ) was the national anthem of the

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from 1979 to 1992. It was composed by Keo Chinda and

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. While

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and most Communist governments recognized the People's Republic of Kampuchea during its existence, the Khmer Rouge, together with the monarchists and

Khmer People's National Liberation Front The Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF, km, រណសិរ្សរំដោះជាតិប្រជាជនខ្មែរ) was a political front organized in 1979 in opposition to the Vietnamese-installed People's Republic of ...

, formed the

Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK; km, រដ្ឋាភិបាលចំរុះកម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ, ''Roathaphibal Chamroh Kampuchea Pracheathipatai''), renamed in 1990 to the N ...

that continued to use the anthem of

Democratic Kampuchea Kampuchea ( km, កម្ពុជា ), officially known as Democratic Kampuchea (DK; km, កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ) from 5 January 1976, was a one-party totalitarian state which encompassed modern-day Camb ...

. It was this government-in-exile that was recognized by China,

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, and most

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governments and the

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; as such, many Western sources continued to list " Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey" as being the Cambodian national anthem until the restoration of the monarchy in 1993. ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.''

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