King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia

The Throne Council announced in a statement Thursday that Prince Norodom Sihamoni was selected to be the new king of the Kingdom of Cambodia by the Throne Council, which consists of nine members including Prime Minister Hun Sen.
In spite of having several potential candidates for the throne including Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Sihamoni was named as the only candidate on Thursday for such selection, the council statement said.
Few people had heard of Norodom Sihamoni before Cambodia's former king, Sihanouk, announced his abdication in early October.
King Sihamoni was born in 1953, the year Cambodia finally achieved independence from France.
King Sihamoni is so far seen as relatively pliant, which will suit Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has dominated Cambodian politics for the past two decades.
2004Prince Norodom Sihamoni is chosen as the new king of Cambodia.
As a child, Sihamoni was sent to PraguePrague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
Sihamoni remained in Czechoslovakia.
government turned against the monarchy, and Sihamoni was put under house arrest by the Khmer RougeKhmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge was the extremist-Communist organization that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979.
Sihamoni remains a lifelong bachelorBachelor A bachelor is a man above the age of majority who has never been married.
His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni is the King of Cambodia, the son of King Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Monineath.
Sihamoni remains a bachelor and has no children which means he does not have a direct successor if there were to be.
Born on May 14, 1953, Prince Sihamoni was educated in Prague and South Korea, where he studied classical dance and filmmaking.
As of 2007 King Sihamoni supports the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, an intergovernmental organization based in Italy.
implicated in any corruption scandal.
Although Sihamoni was reportedly reluctant to become king, he accepted the role of monarch after a unanimous vote of approval by the Throne Council.
Sihamoni was born in Phnom Penh, French Cambodia, on May 14, 1953.
After Sihanouk was deposed in a 1970 coup, Sihamoni remained in Prague, where he attended the National Conservatory and the Academy of Music Arts, concentrating on dance, music, and theatre.
14th May 2008By San Suwith (Radio Free Asia)Reported in English by KhmerizationKing Sihamoni is celebrating his birthday outside of the Royal Palace, this time in Kampong Cham province where his subjects organized a Buddhist ceremony at a local temple in his honour.
King Sihamoni was born to ex-king Sihanouk and Queen Monique on the 14th of May 1953.
King Sihamoni is conversant in many languages.
Prince Norodom Sihamoni was chosen to succeed his father, the octogenarian King Sihanouk, who has opted to step down in order to ensure a peaceful succession for the war-torn nation before he dies.
Like his father Sihamoni took an early interest in the arts, starring as a boy in Sihanouk’s movie adaptation of The Little Prince.
Carried on a golden litter by eight bearers and blessed by dozens of chanting Buddhist monks, former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni was crowned Cambodia's new King in an ornate ceremony yesterday.
Sihamoni met with people at the square and made his first national address on Saturday, one day after he ascended the throne.
Cambodia's new monarch Norodom Sihamoni received today Salim Issa Al Zaabi, UAE Ambassador to Thailand and non-resident ambassador to Cambodia.
Norodom Sihamoni was crowned yesterday as Cambodia's first new king in 50 years, in ornate ceremonies that formally ended the reign of one of Asia's longest-serving and best-known rulers.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Carried on a golden litter by eight bearers and blessed by dozens of chanting Buddhist monks, former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as Cambodia's new king in an ornate ceremony today, replacing his father, one of Asia's longest-serving and best-known rulers.
By the Western calendar, Sihamoni is 51 years old.
Sihamoni has no political experience and is better known as a professional dancer and an envoy to the United Nations cultural agency.
As Sihamoni was borne into the palace, musicians played ceremonial music and other royal officials carried a golden crown, robe and sword.
Police barred traffic in front of the Royal Palace, where a huge portrait of Sihamoni has replaced one of his mother and father.
Sihamoni was selected as new king by a nine-member throne council Oct 14, a week after Sihanouk abdicated.
Prince Sihamoni was chosen as Cambodia's new monarch by the nine-member Throne Council on Oct 14, following his father King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated a week earlier in Beijing for fragile health.
Sihamoni is the second king for the Cambodian nation in over 60years.
According to a statement from the country's celebration committee, King Sihamoni is expected to announce royal pardons to scores of prisoners at his coronation.
a crowd of thousands in front of the Royal Palace.
water taken from Kulen Mountain in Siem Reap province.
and King Sihamoni was sworn into the position.
officials said King Sihamoni had no message to give.
to achieve national unity through his passion, the arts.
CAPTION(S): Photo JIMIN LAI/AFP/Getty Images Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni is carried to his throne during his coronation ceremony.
PHNOM PENH: Norodom Sihamoni was chosen yesterday to succeed his father as king of Cambodia.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni was formally crowned as Cambodia's new king today in a lavish ceremony at the Royal Palace.
FORMER ballet dancer Prince Norodom Sihamoni was chosen today as the new king of Cambodia after the abdication of his father Norodom Sihanouk.
King Norodom Sihamoni has signed a decree giving the actress citizenship in thanks for her environmental work there.
PHNOM PENH: Norodom Sihamoni was chosen yesterday to.
Sihamoni said Cambodia thanks China.
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Sihamoni is the only surviving son of Queen Norodom Monineath, the king.
Getty Images Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni is carried to his throne during.
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A son of King Norodom Sihanouk and his fifth wife, Norodom Sihamoni was trained as a dancer and taught dance (19812000) in Paris, choreographed, and directed his own dance company.
Norodom Sihamoni was named the countrys first new King in half a century, thus beginning a fresh chapter in this tiny Southeast Asian nations saga of troubled affairs.
Though friends and relatives say Sihamoni lived a modest lifestyle in the French capital, his office in the 16th Arrondissement is a vast distance from the squalor that engulfs the Cambodian capital.
A Throne Council was hastily assembled and Sihamoni was quickly chosen as successor.
But most Cambodians, a patient lot, will wait and see whether Sihamoni is up to the task of dancing through the Cambodian mud.
Before ascending the throne, Sihamoni was best known for his work as a cultural ambassador in Europe and classical dance instructor.
King Norodom Sihamoni has 12 half-brothers and half-sisters by his father's various relationships; his only full sibling, a younger brother, HRH Samdech Norodom Narindrapong (born 1954) died in 2003.
As a child, Sihamoni was sent to Prague, Czechoslovakia by his father in 1962, where he, while attending elementary school, high school and Academy of Music Arts, studied classical dance and music until 1975.
During the 1970 coup d'état by Lon Nol, Sihamoni remained in Czechoslovakia.
Immediately, the ruling Khmer Rouge government turned against the monarchy, and Sihamoni was put under house arrest by the Khmer Rouge with the rest of the royal family until the 1979 Vietnamese invasion.
Sihamoni remains a lifelong bachelor and has no children, which means he does not have a direct successor.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Prince Norodom Sihamoni was named Cambodia's new king Thursday, succeeding his father, Norodom Sihanouk, who stunned the country last week by announcing his abdication because of ill health.
Sihamoni is currently with Sihanouk in Beijing, where the monarch has been receiving medical treatment, and is expected to return to Cambodia with him Wednesday.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng greets the delegation led by Chinese Minister of Public Security Meng Jiangzhu last Sunday.
Fifty-one-year-old Prince Norodom Sihamoni was selected by a special nine-member council to succeed his revered father, King Norodom Sihanouk.
Trained as a ballet dancer, Prince Norodom Sihamoni is a political neophyte - like his father was in 1941 when he first took the title of king.
Prince Sihamoni has lived in France for nearly 20 years and has spent most of his life outside Cambodia.
Some analysts say Prince Sihamoni is weak compared to powerful Prime Minister Hun Sen.
She says Prince Sihamoni is not expected to have much influence in politics because he has little experience, and that his role will be mostly symbolic.
Prince Sihamoni is not married and has no children.
Norodom Sihamoni King Norodom Sihamoni is known for his contribution to the arts, but has largely stayed out of politics.
Sihamoni is a political cipher, at least in terms of any involvement in Cambodias affairs," said Milton Osborne.
King Sihamoni was best known for his work as a cultural ambassador in Europe and his support for the arts.
King Sihamoni is the only surviving son of the Kings fifth and current wife, Queen Monieath.
King Sihamoni remains a bachelor and has no children.
King Norodom Sihamoni is the head of state for Cambodia.