Norodom Chakrapong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Norodom Chakrapong

Cambodian prince

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1945

Place of Birth: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Profession: politician

Nationality: Cambodia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Norodom Chakrapong

  • Norodom Chakrapong (born 21 October 1945) is a Cambodian politician, businessman and former major-general of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
  • He is the fourth son of Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and also a half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni.
  • Chakrapong started his career as a military pilot in 1963.
  • After Sihanouk was overthrown in 1970, Chakrapong spent time under house arrest, then in Beijing as the Head of Protocol of then-Prince Sihanouk, afterwards living overseas before he joined the Funcinpec in 1981 and fought against Vietnamese occupation as a commander of the Armée Nationale Sihanoukiste.
  • In 1991, Chakrapong left Funcinpec to join the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia between 1992 and 1993.
  • When the CPP lost the 1993 general elections, Chakrapong led a secession attempt in 1993.
  • In 1994, he was accused of joining a failed coup attempt (which he denied) which led him to be sent into exile.
  • After Chakrapong was pardoned in 1998, he founded a private airline company, Royal Phnom Penh Airways.
  • The airlines later stopped all operations in early 2006. In 2002, Chakrapong established a royalist party, the Khmer Soul Party.
  • When the Khmer Soul Party failed to win a single parliamentary seat in the 2003 general elections, Charkapong rejoined Funcinpec and briefly served as Senator in 2005.
  • In 2006, Chakrapong was expelled from Funcinpec and joined the Norodom Ranariddh Party.
  • When the Cambodian government pursued legal investigations on the debts Chakrapong accumulated from his airlines, Chakrapong quit politics in 2007.
  • Chakrapong, who was already a privy councillor to the Supreme Privy Council, then dedicated himself to humanitarian work and supporting royal activities.
  • In 2013, Chakrapong was appointed member of the Constitutional Council of Cambodia by the King.

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