- King Of Cambodia
This is a complete list of Kings, Heads of State and Presidents of Cambodia
- Sisowath Of Cambodia
King Sisowath (born 1840, died 1927) was king of Cambodia from 1904 to his death in 1927. Sisowath was born in Odong in Cambodia. He was the son of King Ang Duong and half brother of Prince Si Votha and King Norodom. When he was born, Cambodia was under joint Siamese and Vietnamese rule. The royal family lived in the Siamese zone rather than live under Vietnamese oppression. Like his brother King Norodom, Sisowath was educated in the Siamese capital of Bangkok.
- Norodom Of Cambodia
Norodom (1834-1904) was king of Cambodia from 1860 to 1904. He was the son of King Ang Duong, the half-brother of Prince Si Votha as well as the half-brother of King Sisowath. When he was born, Cambodia was under Vietnamese and Siamese rule. The two powers had partitioned the country between them, but the royal family remained in the Siamese zone, as the Vietnamese were more authoritarian than the Siamese.
- Pol Pot
Saloth Sar, was the leader of the Khmer Rouge and the Prime Minister of Cambodia (officially renamed the Democratic Kampuchea during his rule) from 1976 to 1979, having been "de facto" leader since mid-1975. Having been directly and indirectly responsible for the physical elimination of about one-third of the Cambodian population during his stay in power, Pol Pot is today regarded as one of the five worst mass-murderers of modern history.
- Hun Sen
Hun Sen (born April 4 1951 or August 5 1952) is the Prime Minister of Cambodia and is married to Bun Rany. He is a key leader of the Cambodian People's Party, which, has governed Cambodia in a coalition with the Funcinpec party since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1993. The coalition was shaken by tensions between Funcinpec leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Hun Sen, who in 1997 launched a bloody military coup, …
- Sam Rainsy
Sam Rainsy (born March 10, 1949) is a Cambodian politician. Sam Rainsy was born in Phnom Penh, son of Sam Sary, a member of Cambodia's government for a time in the 1950s. He moved to France in 1965, studied there and then worked in a variety of Parisian financial companies. He is married to Cambodian Saumura Tioulong, who is also member of parliament, and has three children: Patrice Sam, Muriel Sam, and Rachel Sam. He became a member of the Cambodian Funcinpec Party, …
- Chulalongkorn
King Chulalongkorn the Great or Rama V (royal name: Phra Chula Chomklao Chaoyuhua was the fifth king of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand. He is regarded as one of the greatest kings of Siam. The Thais call him "The Great Beloved King" Chulalongkorn was born September 20, 1853 in Bangkok as the oldest son of King Mongkut (Rama IV) and Queen Debsirinda.
- Khieu Samphan
Khieu Samphan (born July 27 1931) was the president of the state presidium of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) from 1976 until 1979. As such, he served as the country's head of state and was one of the most powerful officials in the Khmer Rouge movement, though Pol Pot was the group's true political leader and held the most extensive power. He is of Chinese-Khmer ancestry. A prominent member of the circle of leftist Khmer intellectuals studying in Paris in the 1950s, …
- Ieng Sary
Ieng Sary (born 1922 or 1925) was a powerful figure in the Khmer Rouge. He was the deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979 and held several senior positions in the Democratic Kampuchea party from 1979 until his defection to the government in 1996.
- Lon Nol
Lon Nol was a Cambodian politician who served two times as Prime Minister of Cambodia in addition to serving other times as Defence Minister.
- Dith Pran
Dith Pran was born into a respectable family in 1942. He grew up in Siemp Reap, Cambodia. Cambodia was under the rule of the French, but at the time the Japanese army had invaded it. Although most of Cambodia was poor, he grew up in a family with at least a little bit of money. His father had a high ranking job in the government, and while most had to work, Pran was able to go to school.
- Norodom Sihamoni
Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia (born 14 May 1953) the elder and only surviving son of King Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Previously Cambodia's ambassador to UNESCO, he was named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father, Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in the year 2004. Before ascending the throne, Sihamoni was best known for his work as a cultural ambassador in Europe and classical dance instructor.
- Norodom Ranariddh
Prince Norodom Ranariddh (born January 2, 1944) is the second son of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. =Biography= He is the former chairman of the Funcinpec political party, having been removed by party vote on October 18, 2006. He was the First Prime Minister of Cambodia from September [1993], when the monarchy was restored, until July 1997, when he was ousted by Hun Sen.
- Hor Namhong
Hor Namhong (born November 15, 1935) is the foreign minister of Cambodia since 1998. He was also foreign minister from 1990 until 1993. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party. Date / Place of Birth: 15 November 1935, Phnom Penh Marital Status: Married, 5 Children
- Jayavarman VII
Jayavarman VII (1125?-1215?) was a king of the Khmer Empire (1181 - 1215????) in present day Cambodia. He was the son of Dharanindravarman II (r. 1150 - 1160) and his wife Sri Jayarajacudamani. He married Jayarajadevi and that after her death, he then married her sister Indradevi. The two women are commonly thought to have been a great inspiration to him, particularly in his unusual devotion to Buddhism. Only one previous Khmer king had been a Buddhist.
- Tom Hayden
Thomas Emmett "Tom" Hayden (born December 11, 1939) is an American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. He is the father of American actor Troy Garity.
- Preap Sovath
Preap Sovath (also spelled Preap Savat is known as the most popular singer in Cambodia today. He records for Cambodian production company Rasmey Hang Meas, generally regarded as Cambodia's most progressive recording label. Preap Sovath performs the style of music known as "Khmer Karaoke", the name derives from the fact that most sales are of VCDs rather than CDs and all VCD film clips come with karaoke-style subtitled lyrics.
- Gary Glitter
Paul Francis Gadd aka Gary Glitter (born May 8 1944) is an English rock and pop singer and songwriter who had a string of chart successes with a collection of 1970s glam rock hits including "Rock and Roll parts 1 & 2", "I Love You Love Me Love", "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" and "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again". He is currently in jail until August 2008 in Vietnam for child sexual abuse.
- Heng Samrin
Sâmdech (i.e. "His Excellency") Heng Samrin is a Cambodian Communist politician. Heng was born in Prey Veng province, Cambodia. He became a member of the Khmer Rouge communist movement led by Pol Pot, and became a political commisar and army division commander when the Khmer Rouge took over the government in 1975. In 1978, he defected from the Khmer Rouge, which was backed by China, and fled to Vietnam.
- Kem Sokha
Kem Sokha is the President of the Human Rights Party in Cambodia. He was born on 27th June, 1953 in Takeo, Cambodia.
- Sar Kheng
Sar Kheng is the Cambodian Minister of the Interior. In this capacity he also holds the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and is one of the highest ranking members of that party. Sar has been the Minister of the Interior since 1998. Until March 2006 he was the co-interior minister along with a member of another party, but he then became sole interior minister in a cabinet reshuffle.
- Ros Sereysothea
Ros Sereysothea was a Cambodian singer-songwriter in the 1960s and '70s. She was part of a thriving pop music scene in Cambodia, music that was influenced by rhythm and blues and rock and roll. She was a frequent singing partner with Sinn Sisamouth, Cambodia's top male singer of the era. She is thought to have died while imprisoned in a labor camp under the Khmer Rouge regime.
- Thein Sein
Lieutenant General Thein Sein is the acting prime minister of Myanmar. He was appointed on May 18, 2007 to stand in for Prime Minister Soe Win, who was undergoing medical treatment in a private hospital in Singapore. Thein Sein holds the position of Secretary-1 in the ruling State Peace and Development Council junta. He is the country's No. 5 ranking general, and also serves as the chairman of the government-sponsored National Convention Convening Commission.
- Ben Kiernan
Ben Kiernan is the A.Whitney Griswold professor of history, professor of international and area studies, and director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. ... Professor Kiernan's book, Le Genocide au Cambodge, 1975-1979: Race, ideologie et pouvoir was published by Gallimard in its distinguished series, Nouvelle Revue Francaise, in 1998. Professor Kiernan has previously taught at the University of NSW, the University of Wollongong.
- Somaly Mam
Her book The Road to Innocence , by Somaly Mam , will be published in 2006, by Virago. She says: "I've written this book because I know that I will be killed and I don't want to go without leaving a trace." At great risk to her own life, one woman takes on the illegal sex trade in Cambodia. In spite of being the target of death threats, Somaly Mam has not relinquished her campaign against the spread and causes of child prostitution and slavery in her home country of Cambodia.
- Sydney Schanberg
Sydney Hillel Schanberg (born January 17, 1934 in Clinton, Massachusetts) is an American journalist who is best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. Schanberg joined "The New York Times" as a journalist in 1959. He spent much of the early 1970's as a Vietnam War correspondent for "Times". For his reporting, he won the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism twice, in 1971 and 1974. Before the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, …
- David Scheffer
David John Scheffer is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, during President Bill Clinton's second term in office. Scheffer received B.A.s from Harvard and Oxford University, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. He began his legal career at the international law firm Coudert Brothers, working for a time in their Singapore office.
- Vann Nath
Vann Nath (1946-) is a Cambodian painter, artist and writer and human rights activist who is amongst a diverse group of writers from 22 countries to receive the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award which recognizes courage in the face of political persecution which he faced during the Khmer Rouge. He is the eighth Cambodian to win the award since 1995.
- Ravi Zacharias
Ravi Zacharias (full name Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias, born 1946) is an Indian-born, Canadian-American evangelical Christian philosopher, apologist and evangelist. Zacharias is a descendant of two rich religious traditions, first Hindu priests (of the Nambudiri Brahmin caste), and later as Christian ministers. In one of his lectures, Zacharias asserts that a Swiss-German priest spoke to one of his ancestors about Christianity, …
- Haing S. Ngor
Dr. Haing S. Ngor (Traditional Chinese: 吳漢, March 22, 1940 - February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American physician and actor who is best known for winning a 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the movie "The Killing Fields", in which he portrayed journalist and refugee Dith Pran in 1970s Cambodia, under the rule of the Khmer Rouge. He was an ethnic Chinese whose family came from Chaozhou, China.
- Jayavarman II
Jayavarman II was the founder of the Khmer Empire, reigning from 802 AD to 850 AD. According to an inscription, he lived as a prince at the court of Sailendra dynasty in Java, the island that is part of present-day (Indonesia). Whether he was there as a prisoner or for his education (or both) has not yet been established. He was probably influenced by the refined art and culture of Javan Sailendra, …
- Meng Keo Pichenda
Meng Keo Pichenda is a popular singer in Cambodia, and has been contracted to many companies for her services. She is the youngest of her two sisters who are also vocal musicians. She's well-known for her unique and balanced sound-pitched voice. She began traditional Cambodian dancing when she was just a young girl, and when she turned 17 her music career began. Her style of music attracts the youth of Cambodia as well as adults.
- Philip Jones Griffiths
Philip Jones Griffiths (b. 1936) is a Welsh-born photojournalist known for his coverage of the Vietnam war. Griffiths studied pharmacy but started as a freelance photographer in 1961, traveling to Algeria in 1962. He arrived in Vietnam in 1966, working for the Magnum agency. Magnum found his images difficult to sell to American magazines, …
- Lê Duẩn
Lê Duẩn was an original founder of the Indochinese Communist Party, having been introduced to communism while he was a railroad worker during the 1920s. Duẩn served on the North Vietnamese Central Committee under Ho Chi Minh, and directed the formation of an underground Communist organization in South Vietnam. He became first secretary of the party in 1960, officially becoming the most important person in the party other than Ho. After Ho's death, …
- Cheam Channy
Cheam Channy (born 15 February 1961) is a Cambodian politician and member of parliament for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP). He was elected as a representative for Battambang Province in the 1998 National Elections, then again for Kompong Cham province in 2003. On 3 February 2005, a vote in the Cambodian National Assembly removed the parliamentary immunity from Channy, fellow MP Chea Poch and party leader Sam Rainsy.
- Son Sen
Son Sen (June 12, 1930 - June 10, 1997) was a member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea/Party of Democratic Kampuchea from 1974 to 1992. Son Sen was born in southern Vietnam, of Sino-Vietnamese ancestry and grew up among the settled Cambodian minority. He was educated in Phnom Penh and in the 1950s received a scholarship to study in Paris, where he became a member of a Marxist group of Cambodian students at whose centre was Saloth Sar (Pol Pot).
- Elizabeth Becker
Elizabeth Becker is a journalist and author who specializes in trade, development, and Asian affairs. Becker began her career as a war correspondent for "The Washington Post" covering Cambodia. She left Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge expelled all foreigners from the country in April 1975. She was one of two American journalists allowed by the Khmer Rouge to return to Democratic Kampuchea briefly in 1978.
- Ang Duong
Preah Bat Ang Duong (r. 1841-1860) is the Great-King of Cambodia who protected the country from both invasion and poverty. Preah bat Ang Duong was responsible for Cambodia becoming a French protectorate. There is much debate over the wisdom of this action. However, due to the circumstances of the time, Preah bat Ang Duong had probably made the right decision, …
- Yasovarman
Yasovarman was a Khmer king who reigned from 889-910 AD. Some Khmer legends hold that he died of leprosy. The Lolei, Phnom Bakheng, and the East Baray reservoir are monuments to this ruler, all located near Cambodia's national treasure, a later construction, Angkor Wat. Phnom Bakheng was one of three hilltop temples created in the Khmer Empire's Angkor capital region during Yasovarman's reign, the other two being Phnom Krom and Phnom Bok.
- Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor is a Canadian journalist who specializes in military and war reporting. His coverage has included wars in Cambodia, Africa, the Balkans, and most recently Iraq. Taylor is a former private in the Canadian Forces, and is now the editor and publisher of "Esprit de Corps", a military magazine. Taylor has aroused a certain amount of controversy; described as "fiercely opinionated", …