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Military Reform – 1995

A major military reform took place in Cambodia during March 1995. The Cambodian Defense Ministry announced major cuts in its officer corps, with the number of generals slashed from around 2,000 to a number less than 200. Similarly, the number of colonels after the cuts went down from over 10,000 to 307. All 199 of the one-, two-, and three-star generals survived the reform.¹ The reform was intended to please the major donor countries in order to spur military support.

1. “Cambodia slashes back generals and colonels,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, March 17, 1995.