Y Bham Enuol was born in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk Province in 1913.

[1] On May 1, 1958, he established BAJARAKA, an organization seeking autonomy for minorities in the Central Highlands.

BAJARAKA was the predecessor of the United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (FULRO), which played an important role during the Vietnam War.

When the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) seized Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975, Y Bham and other FULRO leaders living in Phnom Penh sought refuge in the French Embassy.

[4][5] However, members of FULRO did not know of his death until, after seventeen years American journalist Nate Thayer informed the group that Y Bham had been executed.