Penn Nouth

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 11 January 1958 – 10 July 1958
Prime Minister	Ek Yi Oun; Sim Var
Preceded by	Sim Var
Succeeded by	Truong Cang
Personal details
Born	15 April 1906; Phnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died	18 May 1985 (aged 79); Châtenay-Malabry, France
Political party	National United Front of Kampuchea; (1970–1976); Sangkum; (1955–1970); Democratic; (1946–1955);

Penn Nouth (

independent Cambodia. He was prime minister for the sixth time from 31 January 1968 to 14 August 1969. On 18 March 1970, when Norodom Sihanouk was deposed by Penn Nouth's successor Lon Nol, Penn Nouth joined the monarch in his exile and became prime minister in the GRUNK coalition. His combined tenure as Prime Minister (5 years, 222 days), spanning seven non-consecutive terms, is the second-longest in Cambodian history after Hun Sen

.

After the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh in 1975, he served as prime minister of the country for the last time, but did not have real power. He was allowed to leave Cambodia in 1979 along with Sihanouk; he then emigrated.

Honour

Foreign honour

Malaya : Honorary Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (1963)^[1]

References

^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1963" (PDF).

External links

Monsieur Penn Nouth

Political offices
Preceded by Son Sann	Prime Minister of Cambodia 1968–1969	Succeeded by Lon Nol
Preceded by Long Boret	Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea 17 April 1975–4 April 1976	Succeeded by Khieu Samphan

[1] "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1963" (PDF).

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