Norodom Vichara
Appearance
Norodom Vichara | |
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នរោត្ដម វេជ្ជរ៉ា | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 25 November 1998 – 27 July 2008 | |
Constituency | Siem Reap (1998–2003) Phnom Penh (2003–08) |
Personal details | |
Born | Phnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indochina | 17 August 1946
Died | 28 July 2013 Paris, France | (aged 66)
Political party | FUNCINPEC |
Spouses | Tep Sombana
(m. 1966, divorced)Yves Dumont
(m. 1983; died 2013) |
Parent(s) | Norodom Suramarit Kim-An Yeap |
House | Norodom |
Norodom Vichara (Khmer: នរោត្តម វេជ្ជរ៉ា; 17 August 1946 – 28 July 2013) was a Cambodian princess and politician. She was a daughter of King Norodom Suramarit and a half-sister of King Norodom Sihanouk. She belonged to FUNCINPEC and was elected to represent Phnom Penh Municipality in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.[1] According to a family relative, Vichara died on 28 July 2013, at the age of 66, from a lengthy battle with lung cancer.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Election results" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.
- ^ "Sister of Cambodia's late King dies of lung cancer in France". July 29, 2013. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
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- Deaths from lung cancer in France
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- 21st-century Cambodian women politicians
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- Daughters of kings
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