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Norodom Sothearidh

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Date of Birth March 25, 2003
Age 19 years
Place of Birth Phnom Penh
Country Cambodia
Official Title Prince of Cambodia (អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់ក្សត្)

Norodom Sothearidh Biography

His Excellency Norodom Sothearidh (Khmer: នរោត្តម សុធារិទ្ធិោ) is the Prince of Cambodia, who was born on March 25, 2003 in Cambodia. Prince Sothearidh was born in Phnom Penh in 2003 to Prince Ranariddh.

His father, His Excellency Prince Ranariddh, was a Cambodian politician and law academic. He was the second son of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half-brother of King Norodom Sihamoni. Ranariddh was the president of FUNCINPEC, a Cambodian royalist party. He was also the First Prime Minister of Cambodia following the restoration of the monarchy, serving between 1993 and 1997, and subsequently as the President of the National Assembly between 1998 and 2006.


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Prince Sothearidh at his father (Prince Ranariddh's) funeral.

Prince Sothearidh's mother, Norodom Marie, was the first wife of Prince Norodom Ranariddh. She was President of the Cambodian Red Cross from 1994 to 1998.