Norodom Arunrasmy

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, who married King Sihanouk in 1949.

Her Royal Highness

Norodom Arunrasmy
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
23 April 2018
Nominated byNorodom Sihamoni
Cambodian Ambassador to Malaysia
In office
April 2005 – 23 April 2018
Prime MinisterHun Sen
Succeeded byRath Many
President of the FUNCINPEC Party
In office
23 March 2013 – 19 January 2015
Preceded byNhek Bun Chhay
Succeeded byNorodom Ranariddh
Personal details
Born (1955-10-02) 2 October 1955
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Political partyFUNCINPEC
Spouse(s)Sisowath Sirirath
(m. 1970; div. 1991)
Keo Puth Rasmey
(m. 1991)
Children5
ParentsNorodom Sihanouk
Mam Manivan Phanivong
HouseHouse of Norodom
Styles of
Norodom Arunrasmy
Reference styleHer Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness
Alternative styleMadam

Life and career

Arunrasmy attended primary school at the Petit Lycée Descartes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and attended secondary school at a Roman Catholic boarding school called Mater Dei in Kep province. 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 1992–1997. 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]

She is fluent in Khmer, Lao, Thai, French, and English.

Family

Arunrasmy married Major Prince Sisowath Sirirath in 1970, 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: Norodom Keo Ponita Rasmey and Norodom Keo Khemoni Rasmey.[3]

Official Titles and Awards

On February 21, 1994, King Norodom Sihanouk elevated the princess to the rank of Preah Ang Machas Reach Botrei Preah Anoch. She was elevated again by King Sihanouk to the rank of Samdach Reach Botrei Preah Anoch on 31 August 2004. The princess has received many awards. She is an officer of the Royal Order of Her Majesty the Queen, Preah Moha Ksatriyani Preah Sisowath Kossamak Nearyrath, Commander of the Royal Order of Monisaraphon, and more.

Orders
National
Foreign

References
  1. Cambodian Princess Norodom Arunrasmy wins premiership candidate of Funcinpec. English.peopledaily.com.cn (2007-10-18). Retrieved on 2013-03-05.
  2. Cambodian princess new envoy to Malaysia. Thestar.com.my (2004-12-04). Retrieved on 2013-03-05.
  3. Vong Sokheng (18 October 2007). "Royalists nominate princess for PM slot". Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
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