Norodom Ranariddh

Norodom Ranariddh
Norodom Ranariddh
នរោត្ដម រណឬទ្ធិ
Prince of Cambodia
President of the Supreme Privy Council
Reign 12 December 2008 – present
Spouse Neak Moneang Ouk Phalla
Issue
Prince Norodom Sothearidh
Father Norodom Sihanouk
Mother Neak Moneang Phat Kanthol
Born 2 January 1944 (1944-01-02) (age 67)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Prince Norodom Ranariddh (born January 2, 1944) is the second son of former king Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni.

Contents

Biography

When the monarchy was restored in 1993, he became Prime Minister, jointly with his father's rival Hun Sen. By agreement the two first shared equal status, but in September Ranariddh asserted his primacy as First Prime Minister, while Hun Sen remained Second Prime Minister. Following advice from his closest aide, he attempted to ally himself with renegade elements of the Khmer Rouge. In July 1997 Rannaridh was ousted by Hun Sen. After initially fleeing the country, he later returned to Cambodia to participate in the national election. His party suffered heavy losses but managed to form a new coalition with Hun Sen and became Chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly.

When King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in October 2004, Ranariddh was a likely candidate to succeed him, and a likely choice for king due to his popularity. However, he renounced interest in the post and later that month he was part of the nine-member throne council which convened and chose Norodom Sihamoni to be the next king.

He was chairman of the Funcinpec political party but was removed in shame by party vote on October 18, 2006 led by once his closest advisor and general Gen. Nek Bunchhay.

Subsequently he established the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP), which is currently the third largest party in Cambodia.[2] In the 2008 national election his new party won two seats in the national assembly.

Return from exile

Monarchical styles of
Norodom Ranariddh
Royal Arms of Cambodia.svg
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir

After Prime Minister Hun Sen was re-elected during the 2008 Cambodian elections, King Norodom Sihamoni granted a royal pardon upon the request of the re-elected Prime Minister. Ranariddh had been sentenced in absentia to 18 months in March 2007 over a US$3.6 million illegal property sale. The court ruled he improperly sold his former political party headquarters and used proceeds from the sale to purchase another property in his own name. Shortly after he was pardoned, he read out a letter on television thanking King Sihamoni, his half brother, for giving him "full freedom in order to join in the development of the nation." The prince also thanked Prime Minister Hun Sen for helping to arrange the royal pardon for him and said that he would return to Cambodia soon: he subsequently returned, and has retired from politics.

On December 12, 2008, King Norodom Sihamoni selected him as chief advisor of his advisory court.[3]

Family

Ranariddh has two wives:

  1. Princess Mary to whom he was married in his youth, but the couple failed to re-certificate their wedding by Cambodia's policy and he later used this advantage to claim that Princess Mary was not his legal wife and prevented her from using the title of Princess. Having two wives is illegal under Cambodian law.
  1. Uk Phalla, a former dancer with whom he has a son.

Before he was pardoned, he was living in Kuala Lumpur with his second wife and his son, Sothearidh. [1]

References

  1. ^ [1]

External links

Political offices
Preceded by
Sen-Ranariddh Coalition
Prime Minister of Cambodia
1993–1997
Succeeded by
Ung Huot
Preceded by
Chea Sim
President of the National Assembly
1998–2006
Succeeded by
Heng Samrin

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Norodom Ranariddh — Primer Ministro de Camboya 24 de septiembre de 1993 – 06 de julio de 1998 Mona …   Wikipedia Español

  • Norodom Ranariddh — (né en 1944) homme politique cambodgien, fils du préc. Dirigeant du Funcinpec, parti royaliste, il fut co Premier ministre (avec Hun Sen) du Cambodge de 1993 jusqu à son éviction en 1997 …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Norodom Ranariddh — Prinz Norodom Ranariddh (* 2. Januar 1944 in Phnom Penh) ist ein khmer Politiker. Leben Norodom Ranariddh ist der zweitälteste Sohn des ehemaligen kambodschanischen Königs Norodom Sihanouk und ein Halbbruder von König Norodom Sihamoni. In den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Norodom Ranariddh — Le prince Norodom Ranariddh (né le 2 janvier 1944) est un homme politique cambodgien, ancien professeur à la faculté de droit et science politique d Aix en Provence en France. Il est le fils de l ancien roi Norodom Sihanouk et le frère… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Norodom Ranariddh Party — Leader Chhim Siek Leng Founded 16th November 2006 …   Wikipedia

  • Norodom-Ranariddh-Partei — Die Norodom Ranariddh Partei (Kürzel NRP; vorher unter Khmer Front Partei, französisch Parti de Norodom Ranariddh) ist eine royalistische politische Partei in Kambodscha. Sie trägt den Namen ihres Parteivorsitzenden Prinz Norodom Ranariddh.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Norodom Sihamoni — នរោត្តម សីហមុនី King of Cambodia Reign 14 October 2004 – present Coronation 29 October 2004 Predecessor …   Wikipedia

  • Norodom (Begriffsklärung) — Norodom ist der Name folgender Personen Norodom (1834 1904), kambodschanischer König von 1860 bis 1904 Norodom Suramit, kambodschanischer König von 1955 bis 1960 Norodom Ranariddh (* 1944), kambodschanischer Politiker Norodom Sihanouk (* 1922),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Norodom Sihanouk — in 1972 during a visit to the Socialist Republic of Romania King of Cambodia (Colonial and independent Cambodia) (1st Term) Reign 25 April 1941 – 2 March 1955 Coronation …   Wikipedia

  • Norodom Sihamoni — Samdech Preah Bâromneath Norodom Sihamoni (* 14. Mai 1953 in Phnom Penh) ist der König von Kambodscha. Er ist das älteste gemeinsame Kind von König Norodom Sihanouk und Königin Monineath. Leben Seine frühe Kindheit verbrachte Norodom Sihamoni in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”