SIHANOUK, NORODOM

nōrōdŭmˈ sĭhənŭkˈ, 1922–, king of Cambodia (1941–55, 1993–). Sihanouk was educated in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) and Paris and was elected king by a royal council in 1941. During World War II he was held a virtual prisoner by Japanese occupation forces. After the war he adopted (1947) a constitution that made Cambodia a limited monarchy and achieved (1949) some autonomy for his country within the French Union. Following the first elections (1950), however, Sihanouk dissolved the assembly and ruled by decree. He became prime minister as well as king in 1951 and appointed a cabinet made up largely of members of the royal family. He campaigned for complete independence, which was finally granted in 1953.

In 1955 he abdicated in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit, but retained the premiership and control of the Popular Socialist Community party, which he had founded. As premier he took Cambodia out of the French Union. After his father's death (1960) he again became head of state, although not king. Initially neutral in foreign affairs, he broke (1965) diplomatic relations with the United States when Cambodians were killed during South Vietnamese and U.S. incursions in the Vietnam War.

In Mar., 1970, Sihanouk was overthrown by a rightist coup led by Lon Nol, who opposed his policy of allowing Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops to use Cambodian territory. He set up a government in exile in Beijing. When the Khmer Rouge won control of Cambodia, Sihanouk returned (1975) as head of state but in 1976 was placed under house arrest. In 1981–82, once again in exile, he forged a coalition with the Khmer Rouge and others to oppose the Cambodian government imposed by the Vietnamese after their 1978 invasion. After a UN-sponsored peace treaty came into effect (1991), Sihanouk returned to Cambodia, now allied with Premier Hun Sen and opposed to the Khmer Rouge. He became head of state (1991) and, under a new constitution, king (1993).

See his memoirs, My War With the CIA (1973); see also J. Lacouture, The Demigods (tr. 1970).

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Dictionary of the Modern Politics of South-East Asia
Book by Michael Leifer; Routledge, 1995
Subjects: Asia, Southeastern--Politics And Government--1945---Dictionaries
...coup which overthrew Prince Norodom Sihanouk on 18 March 1970. He ended...command, displaying loyalty to Norodom Sihanouk, who was then king. Lon Nol...Khmer Republic; Khmer Rouge; Sihanouk, Norodom. Norodom Ranariddh (Cambodia...
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Historical Dictionary of the 1960s
Book by James S. Olson, Samuel Freeman; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: United States--History--1961-1969--Dictionaries
...Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War , 1988. SIHANOUK, NORODOM . Norodom Sihanouk was born in Cambodia in 1922; in 1941, French...Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia, 1979; Norodom Sihanouk, Sihanouk Reminiscences , 1992. "SILENT MAJORITY...
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China and Southeast Asia, the Politics of Survival: a Study of Foreign Policy Interaction
Book by Melvin Gurtov; Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975
Subjects: Asia, Southeastern--Foreign Relations--China, China--Foreign Relations--Asia, Southeastern
...Biographie de S.A.R. le Prince Norodom Sihanouk chef de letat du Cambodge...Discours de S.P. Norodom Sihanouk Upayuvareach, chef de letat...Les paroles de Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk , 1967, 1968 , Ministry of...
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China and Southeast Asia, the Politics of Survival: A Study of Foreign Policy Interaction
Book by Melvin Gurtov; Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975
Subjects: Asia, Southeastern--Foreign Relations--China, China--Foreign Relations--Asia, Southeastern
...Biographie de S.A.R. le Prince Norodom Sihanouk chef de letat du Cambodge...Discours de S.P. Norodom Sihanouk Upayuvareach, chef de letat...Les paroles de Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk , 1967, 1968 , Ministry of...
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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
Book by John E. Jessup; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Conflict Management--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Dictionaries, Political Violence--History--20th Century--Dictionaries
...Sierra Maestra Mountains. See Cuba. Sihanouk, Norodom (Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk). (b 31 October 1922, Phnom Penh...then abdicated in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit. Sihanouk became prime minister and foreign minister...
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Different Views of History: Shades of Irredentism along the Laos-Cambodia Border
Journal article by Ian G. Baird; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 41, 2010
Subjects: College faculty--Political aspects, College faculty--Reports, College faculty--Surveys, College teachers--Political aspects, College teachers--Reports, College teachers--Surveys, Khmer Rouge--Political aspects, Khmer Rouge--Reports, Khmer Serei--Political aspects, Khmer Serei--Reports, Nationalism--Political aspects, Nationalism--Reports, Refugees--Political aspects, Refugees--Reports, Refugees--Surveys, Road construction--Political aspects, Road construction--Reports, Sihanouk, Norodom--Political activity
...Cambodia. They tended to blame Norodom Sihanouk for the perceived excesses of...successful coup detat against Norodom Sihanouk in March 1970, (80) the Lon...2003, the King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk, released a declaration about...
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The Nature and Role of Ideology in the Modern Cambodian State
Journal article by Margaret Slocomb; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 37, 2006
Subjects: Cambodia--History, Cambodia--Political aspects, Ideology--Analysis, Ideology--Political aspects, Political systems--Analysis, Political systems--History, Sihanouk, Norodom--Political activity
...expected to commit themselves. King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 1955 in order to involve...Ideology in the Sangkum Prince Sihanouk argued that ideology was an imperative...Ideology and the Republic While Prince Sihanouk was absent from the country in...
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A Limited Role for King Sihanouk
Journal article; Southeast Asian Affairs, 2000
Subjects: Cambodia, Elected officials, Government, Legislation, Politicians, Politics, Public policy, Regulation, Royalty
...Limited Role for King Sihanouk Despite continuing fragile health, King Norodom Sihanouk has survived to celebrate...frequently mentioned is Prince Norodom Sihamoni, Sihanouks son...present queen. Yet both Sihanouk and Sihamoni himself have...
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Cambodia: Hun Sen Firmly in Control
Journal article; Southeast Asian Affairs, 2003
Subjects: ASEAN, Association of South East Asian Nations, Cambodia, China, Courts, Elected officials, Forecasts, Geographic profiles, Government, Hong Kong, Law, Law enforcement, Legislation, Police, Political parties, Politicians, Politics, Public officials, Public policy, Regulation, Royalty, Singapore, Social policy, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
...made clear that King Norodom Sihanouk, while welcome to play...of the role played by Sihanouk himself after he was...possible successors to Sihanouk, Prince Ranariddh and...The position of Prince Norodom Sirivudh, Sihanouks...
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Sketching an Institutional History of Academic Knowledge Production in Cambodia (1863-2009)-Part 2
Journal article by Philippe M.F. Peycam; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 26, 2011
Subjects: Cambodia--Educational aspects, Cambodia--History, Cambodia--Social aspects, French colonialism--Influence, Khmer Rouge--History, Orientalism
...Cambodian independence by King Norodom Sihanouk in March 1945. It took another...between the Cambodian State under Norodom Sihanouk and EFEO, still in Angkor...8) Founded in 1965, by Norodom Sihanouk, the new university had as...
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Old War, China Card & Sihanouk
Magazine article by Susan Blaustein; The Nation, Vol. 249, October 30, 1989
Subjects: Bush, George H.W.--International relations, Cambodia--Political aspects, Cambodian foreign relations--United States, Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict, 1977--International aspects, Khmer Rouge--Political activity, Sihanouk, Norodom--International relations, United States, United States foreign relations--Cambodia, United States foreign relations--Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnamese foreign relations--United States
Old War, China Card Sihanouk. by Susan Blaustein Old War, China Card Sihanouk After ten years of letting Khmer Rouge communists...States has followed the lead of China, Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and their Southeast Asian allies...
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Dealing with the Devil; Why Is the U.S. Helping the Worst Killers since Hitler
Magazine article by Peter Grier; Washington Monthly, Vol. 22, April 1990
Subjects: Cambodia--Politics and government, Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict, 1977--Influence, China--Relations with the United States, Economic assistance--Cambodia, Khmer Rouge--Political activity, Pol Pot--Political activity, Sihanouk, Norodom--Political activity, Solarz, Stephen J.--Foreign relations, United States--Relations with Cambodia
...homeland. The exile was Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, a small man given...in power by the French in 1941, Sihanouk ruled Cambodia with vigor and inconsistency...French diplomat, offered to fly sihanouk back to his capital if he would...
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UNTAC Mandate Ends; New Constitution, Government Welcomed
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 30, December 1993
Subjects: Cambodia--Politics and government, Sihanouk, Norodom--Political activity, United Nations--Relations with Cambodia
...Royal Highness Prince Norodom Sihanouk, its people had overcome...24 September, Prince Sihanouk was elected King of Cambodia...Cambodian Constitution, King Sihanouk appointed as First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, his son and...
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Other Peacekeeping-Related Matters
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 38, December 2001
Subjects: Abkhazia, Georgia--Politics and government, Annan, Kofi--Management, Bougainville Island--Politics and government, Children and war--International aspects, Civil rights--Colombia, Colombia--Politics and government, Coups d'etat--Central African Republic, Demobilization--Guinea-Bissau, Economic sanctions--Management, Elections--Fiji, Emigration and immigration--International aspects, Fiji--Elections, Georgia (Nation)--Military aspects, Guatemala--Politics and government, Guinea-Bissau--Politics and government, Lebanon--Military aspects, Milosevic, Slobodan--Cases, Papua New Guinea--Politics and government, Peace--New Guinea, Rwanda--Legal system, Sihanouk, Norodom--Social policy, Somalia--Politics and government, Sudan--Economic aspects, United Nations. Security Council--Mediation and arbitration, United Nations--Relations with Iraq, Weapons industry--International trade, Western Sahara--Relations with United Nations, Yugoslavia--Crime
...people of Bougainville benefit materially from the return of peace to the island". Cambodia: Noting that King Norodom Sihanouk had signed the law on a special court to try Khmer Rouge leaders, bringing the legislation into effect, Secretary...
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Dancing Royalty: The Cambodian King's Artistic Past
Magazine article by Erika Kinetz; Dance Magazine, Vol. 81, November 2007
Subjects: Ballerinas--Social aspects, Ballet dancers--Social aspects, Kings and rulers--Education, Kings and rulers--Social aspects, Kings--Education, Kings--Social aspects, Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia--Education, Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia--Social aspects
...and geopolitics, last month the King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihamoni, a former ballet dancer, choreographer...It begins in Prague, where his father, then Prince Norodom Sihanouk sent his 9-year-old son for schooling. Isolated...
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Sihanouk's Son Named King; Prime Minister, Half-Brother Back Sihamoni's Ascension to Throne
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 15, 2004
Subjects: Khmer Rouge, Sihanouk, Norodom
...intricately scripted exit from the stage. King Norodom Sihanouk, who first took Cambodias throne when...transfer of power from his father, King Norodom Sihanouk, to his half-brother, Prince Norodom Sihamoni, had been finalized before the...
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Ranariddh Gives in to Cambodian Rival: End of Resistance May Avert Civil War
Newspaper article by Richard Ehrlich; The Washington Times, July 19, 1997
Subjects: Cambodia, Hun Sen, Ranariddh, Norodom, Sihanouk, Norodom
...PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Prince Norodom Ranariddh, conceding that his...in Beijing with Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, the princes father. The plan...scattered, but he still hails King Sihanouk in an end game to crush the monarchs...
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Cambodia's King Seen as a 'Prisoner' in His Palace
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 30, 2011
Subjects: Khmer Rouge, Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, Prisoners, Sihanouk, Norodom
...perhaps its last. King Norodom Sihamoni may be heir...charismatic father, Norodom Sihanouk, bestrode the country...historian and author of a Sihanouk biography. "He could...the country. Prince Norodom Ranarridh, who heads...
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Hun Sen Promises Scheduled Elections: But King Blasts Cambodia Regime
Newspaper article by Gus Constantine; The Washington Times, July 16, 1997
Subjects: Hun Sen, Sihanouk, Norodom
...to replace deposed Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh. But from Beijing, King Norodom Sihanouk blasted the new regime of Second Prime Minister...scheduled for 1998," Var Huoth said. King Sihanouk, however, in his letter sent from Beijing...
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A Throne without Sihanouk: Will Next King of Cambodia Have Real Power?
Newspaper article by Gus Constantine; The Washington Times, March 15, 1996
Subjects: Cambodia
...Constantine As the shadow of Norodom Sihanouk begins to fade from the...decades as the plaything of Norodom Sihanouk and the instrument of his...in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit, to become Prince Sihanouk, populist politician...
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Sihanouk, Norodom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SIHANOUK, NORODOM norodum sih nuk , 1922...1941 55, 1993 2004). Sihanouk was educated in Saigon...into effect (1991), Sihanouk returned to Cambodia...2004 in favor of his son Norodom Sihamoni. See his memoirs...
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Norodom Sihanouk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NORODOM SIHANOUK see Sihanouk, Norodom . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Sihamoni, Norodom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SIHAMONI, NORODOM 1953 , king of Cambodia (2004 ). A son of King Norodom Sihanouk and his fifth wife, Norodom Sihamoni was trained as a dancer and taught dance (1981 2000) in Paris, choreographed, and directed his own dance company. In...
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Cambodia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...on the countrys sovereignty persisted. King Norodom Sihanouk campaigned for complete independence, which...United Nations later that year. Cambodia under Sihanouk King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in Mar., 1955, in order to enter...
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Lon Nol
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...became defense minister and army chief of staff in 1955 in Norodom Sihanouk s government. He served as premier (1966 67) under Sihanouk. In 1970, he led the coup that deposed Sihanouk, and assumed control of the government. He attempted unsuccessfully...
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