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Funcinpec is a royalist Cambodia n political party. It is part of the current governing Coalition , along with the Cambodian People's Party . In the National Assembly Of Cambodia it currently has 26 members, out of 123, who were elected in 2003 on a 20.8% share of the vote. It traces its roots to Norodom Sihanouk , the Cambodian independence leader and former King of Cambodia, and is led by his eldest son, Prince Norodom Ranariddh . During the '80s, it was a part of the political and armed resistance against the Vietnam ese-installed People's Republic Of Kampuchea . Its armed wing was known as the Sihanoukist National Army (ANS.) ''Funcinpec'' is a French abbreviation for ''Front '''U'''ni '''N'''ational pour un '''C'''ambodge '''I'''ndépendant, '''N'''eutre, '''P'''acifique, '''e'''t '''C'''oopératif'', which translates to "National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia." |
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