Norodom Ranariddh

Who is Norodom Ranariddh?

Prince Norodom Ranariddh is a Cambodian politician. He is the second son of former king Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. Prince Ranariddh was the first democratically-elected Prime Minister of Cambodia and served as first Prime Minister from 1993 to 1997, alongside premier Hun Sen. He was overthrown in a 1997 coup and was replaced by Ung Huot. Ranariddh also served as President of the National Assembly from 1998 to his resignation in March 2006.

He is the founder of the Norodom Ranariddh Party and later the Community of Royalist People's Party. Though voluntarily retiring in 2012, Prince Ranariddh has announced that he will rejoin politics and forms a new political party to contest in future elections.