Mauli, Ieng

Born in the agricultural region on the eastern shore of the Mekong . He graduated from Royal University in Phnom Penh with a commercial degree. In 1974 he left for France , studied for two years at the Economic and Technical Institute of the Paris Conservatory of Arts and Crafts . He worked as an accountant and financial auditor.

During the reign of the Khmer Rouge and the Polpot genocide he was in exile. Following the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge by the Vietnamese intervention, Ieng Mauli did not accept the new NRC regime because of his pro-Vietnamese and pro-Soviet orientation. In 1982, Ieng Mauli moved from France to Thailand and joined the National Liberation Front of the Khmer People ( KPNLF ) - the pro-Western wing of the opposition coalition . In 1988 he became Secretary General of KPNLF.

In 1991, the Paris Agreement for a Political Settlement in Cambodia was concluded. Agreements were reached on the restoration of the monarchy, the return to the throne of King Sihanouk , and the holding of free elections. In May 1992, the KPNLF transformed into the Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party (BLDP) led by Son Sann . Ieng Mauli took over as vice chairman of the party.

In the elections of May 1993, the BLJP received 3.8% of the vote and 10 seats in the National Assembly out of 120 ^[1] . The government was formed on the basis of a coalition of all parliamentary parties - the FUNSINPEC of King Sihanouk , the People's Party of Cambodia (former communists of Hun Sen ) and the BLDP.

Ieng Mauli took up the post of Minister of Information in the office by Norodom Ranarita — Hong Sen. He played a prominent role in the adoption of the Cambodian law on the press. He also led the Cambodian Mine Action Center ( CMAC ), a government-owned mine clearance center ^[2] . This was an important position, since the mine war was one of the key components of the military operations of 1979-1989 .

Despite the declared anti-communism and liberalism , the political style of Ieng Mauli is distinguished by pragmatism and compromise. In the government, he focused on Hong Sen as the "strong man" of the regime. This led to a conflict between Ieng Mauli and Son Sann, who, at the head of the BLJP, continued the same policy as in the KPNLF.

In 1995, a split occurred in the BLDP. Son Sann and Ieng Mauli expelled each other from the BLDP. On July 9, 1995, the BLDP congress, boycotted by supporters of Son Sanna, unanimously elected Ieng Mauli as party chairman ^[3] . The conflict continued, and in the fall it took on harsh forms - right up to the terrorist attack on supporters of Song Sann on September 30, 1995, as a result of which dozens of people were injured ^[4] .

In 1997, Son Sann left Cambodia. BLDP ceased to exist. Supporters of Song Sanna created a party named after their leader. Ieng Mauli established the Buddhist Liberal Party . In the 1998 election , the Son Sanna party received 0.89% of the vote, the Ieng Mowli party received 0.64%. Neither one nor the other went to parliament.

In 1998 - 2008, Ieng Mauli led the CMAC. Since 2008, he served as Senior Minister and Assistant to the Prime Minister Hong Sen. He has also been appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Government Council for Agricultural Development and Chairman of the Coordinating Committee to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.