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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Cambodian monarchs, Governors-General of French Indochina, Norodom Sihanouk, Lon Nol, Paul Doumer, Ruler of Cambodia, Joost van Vollenhoven, Ang Mey, Paul Bert, Suryavarman II, Jayavarman VII, Norodom Sihamoni, Indravarman I, Jayavarman II, List of colonial heads of French Indochina, Norodom of Cambodia, Sak Sutsakhan, Jayavarman IV, Georges Catroux, Cheng Heng, Albert Sarraut, Ang Duong, Sisowath of Cambodia, Sisowath Monivong, Heng Samrin, Chey Chettha II, Yasovarman, Rajendravarman II, Bhavavarman I, Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan, Chea Sim, Norodom Suramarit, Indravarman II, Jean Decoux, Jean Antoine Ernest Constans, Harshavarman III, Dharanindravarman II, Saukam Khoy, Jayavarman III, Udayadityavarman II, Mahendravarman, Ponhea Yat, Indravarman III, Jayavarman VIII, Francois Pierre Rodier, Yasovarman II, Ishanavarman II, Tribhuvan ditya, Srindravarman, Damkhat Reachea. Excerpt: Norodom Sihanouk regular script (born October 31, 1922) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni. Since his abdication he has been known as The King-Father of Cambodia (Khmer: Preahmahaviraksat), a position in which he retains many of his former responsibilities as constitutional monarch. The son of King Norodom Suramarit and Queen Sisowath Kossamak, Sihanouk has held so many positions since 1941 that the Guinness Book of World Records identifies him as the politician who has served the world's greatest variety of political offices. These included two terms as King, two as Sovereign Prince, one as president, two as prime minister, and one as Cambodia's non-titled head of state, as well as numerous positions as leader of various governments-in-exile. Most of these positions were only honorific, i...
