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Cambodia: Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012), King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004, 1983

Cambodia: Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012), King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004, 1983

Norodom Sihanouk (born 31 October 1922) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favour of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni.

Following his abdication he was known as The King-Father of Cambodia, a position in which he retained many of his former responsibilities as constitutional monarch. He died of a heart attack in Beijing, China, on October 15, 2012.

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