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 and married King Sihanouk in 1949.

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Norodom. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Arunrasmy.
Her Royal Highness
Norodom Arunrasmy
នរោត្ដម អរុណរស្មី
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
Parent(s)Norodom Sihanouk
Mam Manivan Phanivong
HouseNorodom
Styles of
Norodom Arunrasmy
Reference styleHer Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

Life and career

Arunrasmy attended primary school at the Petit Lycée Descartes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and attended secondary school at the Dominican International School in Taipei, Taiwan. 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 to 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]

Her Highness is fluent in Khmer, French, Lao, Thai and English languages.

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.[3]

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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