Norodom Sihanouk

“Tim was good on the ground in dodgy republics as he covered their leaders like Arafat, Sihanouk and Qaddafi,” the former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter recalled in an email, referring to Norodom Sihanouk, the former king and prime minister of Cambodia.

Founded in 1981 by Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia’s former king, the party defeated the CPP in 1993 U.N.-run elections, but his son, Norodom Ranariddh, ended up having to agree to a co-prime ministership with Hun Sen.

Upon arrival, Kishida and his delegation laid a wreath at the Independence Monument and paid tribute at the Royal Memorial Statue to King Norodom Sihanouk.

Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Ranariddh, a former prime minister and the son of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, died Nov. 28 in France.

Prince Norodom Ranariddh, 77, former prime minister of Cambodia and the son of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, died Nov. 28 in France.