Editing Lon Nol (section)

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Lon_Nol.webp
|fullname = Lon Nol
|alias = Black Papa
|origin = Kampong Leav, Prey Veng, Cambodia 
|occupation = President of the Khmer Republic (1972 - 1975)<br>Prime Minister of Cambodia (1966 - 1967; 1969 - 1971)
|type of villain = Military Dictator
|goals = Establish the Khmer Republic (successful)<br>Defeat Sihanouk and communist forces (failed)
|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>Mass [[murder]]
|hobby = }}

'''Lon Nol''' (November 13<sup>th</sup>, 1913 – November 17<sup>th</sup>, 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as prime minister of Cambodia twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence minister and provincial governor. A nationalist and a republican, he led the military coup of 1970 against Prince Norodom Sihanouk and became the self-proclaimed president of the U.S.-backed Khmer Republic, ruling until 1975. Though his regime was neither as cruel nor as bloodthirsty as [[Pol Pot]]'s regime, he was considered to be a dictator in his own right.

He was the founder and leader of the short-lived Social Republican Party, and commander-in-chief of the Khmer National Armed Forces. After the [[Khmer Rouge]] captured Phnom Penh, Lon Nol fled to the United States, first to Hawaii then to California, where he remained until his death in 1985.