Mam Manivan Phanivong

Mam Manivan Phaninvong (1934 – 1975) was a Cambodian Princess.

She was born in Vientiane, Laos. She married King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia in 1949, becoming his sixth wife. They had two daughters, Princess Norodom Sujata and the Royal Princess Norodom Arunrasmy.[1]

During the Fall of Phnom Penh, she took refuge at the French Embassy. On 18 April the Khmer Rouge ordered all Cambodians who had taken refuge in the French Embassy, other than women married to Frenchmen, to leave the Embassy or they would take over the embassy, they rejected any right of asylum. Among those evicted was Princess Mam Manivan Phanivong, along with Khy-Taing Lim the Minister of Finance and Loeung Nal the Minister of Health.[2]

She was murdered by the Khmer Rouge in April 1975.[3]

References
  1. The Royal House of Cambodia , Julio A Jeldres, Phnom Penh, 2003, OCLC 54003889
  2. Bizot, François (2003). The Gate. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 166. ISBN 978-0375727238.
  3. Cambodian Royals Revealed Bangkok Post July 12, 2003


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