Norodom Arunrasmy (Khmer: នរោត្តម អរុណរស្មី; born 2 October 1955) is a Cambodian princess, politician, and diplomat. She is the youngest daughter of HM King Father Norodom Sihanouk and stepdaughter of Queen Mother Norodom Monineath. Her birth mother is Mam Manivan Phanivong, a Lao woman who was born in Vientiane, Laos and married King Sihanouk in 1949.
| Norodom Arunrasmy នរោត្តម អរុណរស្មី | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| Tenure | 23 April 2018 – present |
| Nominator | Norodom Sihamoni |
| Cambodian ambassador to Malaysia | |
| Tenure | April 2005 – 23 April 2018 |
| Successor | Rath Mony |
| President of FUNCINPEC | |
| Tenure | 23 March 2013 – 19 January 2015 |
| Predecessor | Nhek Bun Chhay |
| Successor | Norodom Ranariddh |
| Born | 2 October 1955 Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Spouse | Sisowath Sirirath (m. 1970; div. 1991) Keo Puth Rasmey (m. 1991) |
| Issue | 5 |
| House | Norodom |
| Father | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Mother | Mam Manivan Phanivong |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Political party | FUNCINPEC |
| Styles of Norodom Arunrasmy | |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Life and career edit
Arunrasmy attended primary school at the Petit Lycée Descartes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and attended secondary school at the Dominican International School in Taipei, Taiwan. In the 1980s she began her professional career in banking, working at the Bank of California in Long Beach, and later Siam Commercial Bank in New York. After the Paris Peace Accords, Arunrasmay became deputy director and then director of Cambodian Agricultural Bank from 1992 to 1997. She was also a member of the Cambodian Red Cross Committee and member of the ASEAN Women's Association (ASEAN Ladies Circle).
She was selected as the Funcinpec party candidate for the 2008 Cambodian parliamentary elections,[1] she was the Cambodian Ambassador to Malaysia from 2005 to 2018 before being nominated to the Senate by King Norodom Sihamoni.[2]
Her Highness is fluent in Khmer, French, Lao, Thai and English languages.
Family edit
Arunrasmy married Major Prince Sisowath Sirirath in 1970,[citation needed] with whom she had three children: Sisowath Nakia, Sisowath Nando and Sisowath Sirikith Nathalie. They divorced in 1991, and she then married Keo Puth Rasmey, with whom she had two children.[3]
References edit
- ^ Cambodian Princess Norodom Arunrasmy wins premiership candidate of Funcinpec. English.peopledaily.com.cn (2007-10-18). Retrieved on 2013-03-05.
- ^ Cambodian princess new envoy to Malaysia. Thestar.com.my (2004-12-04). Retrieved on 2013-03-05.
- ^ Vong Sokheng (18 October 2007). "Royalists nominate princess for PM slot". Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
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