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Norodom Sihanouk
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Cambodian monarch and politician (1922–2012)
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Norodom Sihanouk was a Cambodian politician, film director, actor, and singer. Born in Phnom Penh in 1922, he served as Prime Minister, King, and President of Cambodia. A member of the House of Norodom and a follower of Theravāda Buddhism, he was affiliated with the Sangkum and the National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia. His political career involved participation in the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge insurgency.
Sihanouk authored works including *Khwamsongcham khong Somdet Narodom Sihanu* and *Sihanouk Reminisces*. He received several international honors, including the Order of the Nile, the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and the Order of the Royal House of Chakri. He was married to Norodom Monineath and Mam Manivan Phanivong, and his children included Norodom Arunrasmy, Norodom Ranariddh, Norodom Sihamoni, and Norodom Narindrapong.
Sihanouk died of a myocardial infarction in Beijing in 2012.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Khwamsongcham khong Somdet Narodom Sihanu
- Sihanouk Reminisces
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Film & TV
Directing · Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk born October 31, 1922 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was a director, writer and composer, Prince Norodom Sihanouk was appointed the King of Cambodia in 1941, when he was merely nineteen years. He remained the ruler of the nation for fourteen years, from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004, interspersed with brief but frequent spells as Prime Minister. Sihanouk was enthusiastic…
Known for
- Krung Thep — Norodom Sihanouk2026
- De Gaulle, the Last King of France — Self (archive footage)2017
- Norodom Sihanouk, King and Film-maker1997
- Der Dschungelkrieg — Self1983
- Twilight — Prince Adit1969
- Tragic Destiny1969
- The Rose of Bokor — Ichiro Hasegawa1969
- Shadow Over Angkor — Prince1968
- The Enchanted Forest — Preah Angk1966
- VISITE D'ETAT MGR. N.SIHANOUK CHEF D'ETAT DU CAMBODGE EN LA R.P. CHINE 19641964
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Cambodia
- Active from
- 1922
- Active to
- 2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- Total plays
- 502
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Preah Karuna Preah Bat Sâmdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk Preahmâhaviraksat (His Majesty King-Father Norodom Sihanouk) ruled Cambodia from 1941-1970, when he was deposed by Lon Nol, and again from 1993-2004, when he ceded the throne to his son Norodom Suramarit. In addition to his ceremonial duties as ex-monarch he is also a filmmaker and composer, writing stand-alone music as well as soundtracks for his films. His Majesty has written songs in French, English, and Khmer, the official language of Cambodia. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Norodom+Sihanouk">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Scale Mismatches in Management of Urban Landscapes
· 2006 · cited 175x
- Urban Biosphere and Society: Partnership of Cities—Introduction
· 2004 · cited 14x
- Global knowledge networking for site specific strategies: The International Conference on Biodiversity and Society
· 2002 · cited 7x
- Cambodia Neutral: The Dictate of Necessity
· 1958 · cited 6x
- Managing the Megacity for Global Sustainability: The New York Metropolitan Region as an Urban Biosphere Reserve
· 2004 · cited 6x
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Quotes
- “We don't want any Vietnamese in Cambodia.... We will be very glad if you solve our problem. We are not opposed to hot pursuit in uninhabited areas. You would be liberating us from the Viet Cong. For me only Cambodia counts. I want you to force the Viet Cong to leave Cambodia. In unpopulated areas, where there are not Cambodians,- such precise cases I would shut my eyes.”
- “Cambodia only protests against the destruction of the property and lives of Cambodians. All I can say is that I cannot make a protest as long as I am not informed. But I will protest if there is any destruction of Khmer life and property.Here it is - the first report about several B-52 bombings. Yet I have not been informed about that at all, because I have not lost any houses, any countrymen, nothing, nothing. Nobody was caught in those barrages - nobody, Cambodians.”
- “I don't want to become a kind of Hirohito who produces cameras, or an Elizabeth of England who cares only for horses. Even less do I want to turn out like Juan Carlos, who's just a ghost of Franco. I have no personal ambitions.”
- “Do you really believe that a man like me, who suffers for a country where B52s make 260 incursions a day, could miss the good life and jazz orchestras? I don't miss anything. I'm in mourning, and I don't even think of the carefree days of back then. What's done is done. If I had my Lancias, my Alfa Romeos and my Mercedes, I wouldn't know what to do with them now.”
- “Ah, China is a formidable country. An Asian can't help but love China and take pride in it. China doesn't export tanks and men. It exports dignity and respect.”
- “He's the truest friend I've ever had. What's more, he's an exquisite man, full of kindness and sophistication, the most aristocratic aristocrat one can meet. To those who can't understand how I, a non-communist, could be friends with Zhou Enlai, I say: "But he's a prince more princely than I am!"”
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Encyclopedic overview
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