Penn Nouth
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7th Prime Minister of Cambodia
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Norodom Sihanouk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Sim Var | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Truong Cang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 1 April 1906||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 May 1985 Châtenay-Malabry, France | (aged 79)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Sangkum (1955–70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Democratic Party (1946–55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samdech Penn Nouth (Khmer: សម្តេច ប៉ែន នុត, Khmer pronunciation: [paen nut]) (April 1, 1906 – May 18, 1985) was a Cambodian politician. He served in the French colonial administration, then took active part in Cambodian politics, was several times Prime Minister of Cambodia (1953, 1954-1955, 1958, 1961) as part of the Sangkum regime of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. He was the first prime minister of an independent Cambodia. He was prime minister for the sixth time from 31 January 1968 to 14 August 1969. On 18 March 1970, when Norodom Sihanouk was deposed by Lon Nol, Penn Nouth joined the monarch in his exile and became prime minister in the GRUNK coalition.
After the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh in 1975, he served as prime minister of the country for the last time, but did not have real power; he then emigrated.
Honour
Foreign honour
- Malaya : Honorary Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (1963)[1]
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- 1906 births
- 1985 deaths
- Cambodian emigrants to France
- Prime Ministers of Cambodia
- Government ministers of Cambodia
- Foreign ministers of Cambodia
- Cambodian Buddhists
- Sangkum politicians
- Democratic Party (Cambodia) politicians
- Honorary Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
- Cambodian politician stubs