In this Cambodian name, the surname is Norodom. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Kantol.
Norodom Kantol នរោត្តម កន្តុល
Prime Minister of Cambodia
In office
6 October 1962 – 25 October 1966
Predecessor
Chau Sen Cocsal (acting)
Successor
Lon Nol
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1965 – 1966
Predecessor
Koun Wick
Successor
Norodom Viriya
In office
1962 – 1964
Predecessor
Nhiek Tioulong
Successor
Koun Wick
Born
(1920-09-15)15 September 1920 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died
1976 (aged 55–56) Ou Reang Ov, Democratic Kampuchea
Alma mater
Nancy-Université
Political party
Sangkum
Relatives
Norodom Sihanouk (cousin)
Spouse
Neak Moneang Chuop Samon
Issue
8 children
House
Norodom
Father
Norodom Singhara
Mother
Sisowath Thavet Roeungsi
Norodom Kantol (Khmer: នរោត្តម កន្តុល; 15 September 1920 – 1976)[1] was a member of the Cambodian royal family and Prime Minister of Cambodia,[2] serving from 1962 to 1966.[3] He also served as foreign minister under the Sangkum government led by his cousin, Norodom Sihanouk. During the Khmer Republic regime of Lon Nol, he was imprisoned along with other members of the royal family.
^Prince, Norodom Sihanouk (1965). Speech by His Highness Prince Norodom Kantol, Prime Minister of Cambodia, at the opening of the International Conference of Diplomats organized by the Quakers at Siem Reap =: discours de S.A. Norodom Kantol, President du Conseil des Ministres, a l'ouverture de la Conference Diplomatique des Quakers. [Phnom-Penh?]: Impr. de l'information. OL 21879603M.
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nationalist and conservative, he led the military coup of 1970 against Prince Norodom Sihanouk, abolished the monarchy, and established the short-lived Khmer...
1966–1968. Chhum was awarded the honorary title "Samdech" in 1993 by King Norodom Sihanouk. Chhum was born into an ethnic Khmer (Khmer Krom) family in the...
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Sen, making him the prime minister-in-waiting. On 7 August 2023, King Norodom Sihamoni, issued a Royal Decree appointing him as Prime Minister of Cambodia...
in the Khmer Viet Minh organisation and its guerrilla war against King Norodom Sihanouk's newly independent government. Following the Khmer Viet Minh's...
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official) in the party. Prior to joining the Khmer Rouge, he was a member of Norodom Sihanouk's Sangkum government. After the 1967 leftist rebellion, Sihanouk...
in outlook, which was to make him a longstanding opponent of the King Norodom Sihanouk. Despite his nationalism, he was also a strong advocate of pan-Asian...
left Cambodia in 1954 after the Geneva Conference that recognized Prince Norodom Sihanouk's government as the sole legitimate authority in independent Cambodia...
minister since 2023 is Hun Manet. The position was first held by King Norodom Sihanouk in March 1945, during the French colonial administration. On 12...
Hun Sen refused to accept the result. After negotiations with FUNCINPEC, Norodom Ranariddh and Hun Sen agreed to simultaneously serve as First and Second...
1960s Tam served in several posts in the Sangkum government of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, most notably as interior minister from 1964 to 1966. He was involved...
involvement in the 1970 change in power against his cousin, then Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and for his subsequent establishment, along with Lon Nol, of...
left that post to become foreign minister. In July 1997, FUNCINPEC leader Norodom Ranariddh, who was serving as first prime minister, was deposed by second...
National Bank of Cambodia (1955–1968). Following the 1970 coup against Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Son Sann was placed under house arrest and later left for France...
Secretary for Finance but he publicly opposed the decision in November 1963 by Norodom Sihanouk to nationalize banks and foreign trade, and was forced to resign...
(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...
August 1962. He was a prominent politician during the tenure of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. He also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the 1960s and...
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