The French Cambodia is a French protectorate and forms part of the French Colonial Empire in Southeast Asia.

It is established in 1863 when the Cambodian king Norodom requests the establishment of a French protectorate over his country.

In 1867, Siam (modern Thailand) renounces suzerainty over Cambodia and officially recognizes the French protectorate over Cambodia.

Cambodia is integrated into the French Indochina union in 1887 along with the French colonies and protectorates in Vietnam (Cochinchina, Annam and Tonkin).

In 1946, Cambodia is granted self-rule within the French Union and had its protectorate status abolished in 1949.

Cambodia later gains its independence in 1953 through the Geneva Accords.