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{{short description|Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1946 to 1947}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Sisowath|Youtevong}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[Highness|His Royal Highness]]<br />[[Prince]]
| name = Sisowath Youtevong
| name = Sisowath Youtevong
| native_name = {{lang|km|ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ យុត្តិវង្ស}}
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| honorific-suffix =
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| image = Prince Sisowath Youtevong (cropped).jpg
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| office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Cambodia|4th]] [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]]
| monarch = [[Norodom Sihanouk]]
| office = [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]]
| term_start = 15 December 1946
| term_start = 15 December 1946
| term_end = 15 July 1947
| term_end = 17 July 1947
| predecessor = [[Sisowath Monireth]]
| monarch = [[Norodom Sihanouk]]
| successor = [[Sisowath Watchayavong]]
| predecessor = [[Sisowath Monireth]]
| birth_date = 1913
| successor = [[Sisowath Watchayavong]]
| birth_place = [[Oudong]], Cambodia
| office1 = [[Democratic Party (Cambodia)|Leader of the Democratic Party]]
| death_date = 17 July 1947 (aged 33–34)
| term_start1 = June 1946
| death_place = [[Phnom Penh]], Cambodia
| term_end1 = July 1947
| blank1 = [[Dynasty|House]]
| birth_date = 1913
| data1 = [[House of Sisowath]]
| birth_place = [[Oudong]], [[French protectorate of Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[French Indochina]]
| parents = Sisowath Chamraengvongs<br>Sisowath Yubhiphan
| death_date = 17 July 1947 (aged 33–34)
| party = [[Democratic Party (Cambodia)|Democratic]]
| death_place = [[Phnom Penh]], Cambodia, French Indochina
| spouse = Dominique Laverne
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| children = 2
| data1 = [[House of Sisowath]]
| parents = Sisowath Chamraengvongs<br>Sisowath Yubhiphan
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| party = [[Democratic Party (Cambodia)|Democratic]]
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'''Prince Sisowath Youtévong''' ({{lang-km|អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់ ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ យុត្តិវង្ស}}; 1913 – 1947) was a [[Cambodia]]n political figure, credited as the "Father of Cambodian Democracy",<ref name="Google">{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/camdisc/qW4Cl92eOLw/FG6WrVYPwzoJ|title=A Biography of Prince Sisowath Youtevong, A Father of Cambodian Democracy|accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref> and a member of the [[Democratic Party (Cambodia)|Democratic Party]]. He served as the [[List of Prime Ministers of Cambodia|fourth]] [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] from December 1946 to July 1947.
| otherparty = [[French Section of the Workers' International]]
| spouse = Dominique Laverne
| alma_mater = [[University of Montpellier]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| children = 2
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'''Sisowath Youtevong''' ({{lang-km|អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់ ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ យុត្តិវង្ស}}; 1913 – 17 July 1947) was a [[Cambodia]]n prince, politician and mathematician, credited as the "Father of Cambodian Democracy",<ref name="Google">{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/camdisc/qW4Cl92eOLw/FG6WrVYPwzoJ|title=A Biography of Prince Sisowath Youtevong, A Father of Cambodian Democracy|accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref> and a member of the [[Democratic Party (Cambodia)|Democratic Party]]. He served as the fourth [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] from December 1946 to July 1947.{{cn|date=August 2020}} He was the first to be [[1946 Cambodian general election|elected]] prime minister.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Sisowath Youtevong was born in 1913 in Udong, Cambodia, as the son of Prince Chamraengvongs (1870–1916) and Princess Sisowath Yubhiphan (1877–1967). He studied at a science university in [[France]] and received a certificate of mathematics in 1941.<ref name="CNRP">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrescueparty.org/sisowath-youtevong%E2%80%8B-1913-1947/|title=Prince Sisowath Youtevong (1913 - 1947)|date=2014-02-10|accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref> He would later go on to be elected as President of the newly founded [[Democratic Party (Cambodia)|Democratic Party of Cambodia]] in April 1946. Youtevong was the principal author of the constitution at that time, which was put to use on 6 May 1947. He led the Democratic Party to victory in the elections on 1 September 1946 and was sworn in as Prime Minister on 15 December 1946. Prince Sisowath Youtevong died on 17 July 1947 two days after leaving office as Prime Minister, at [[Calmette Hospital]], Phnom Penh, and was succeeded by [[Sisowath Watchayavong]].
Sisowath Youtevong was born in 1913 in Udong, Cambodia, as the son of Prince Chamraengvongs (1870–1916) and Princess Sisowath Yubhiphan (1877–1967). He studied at a science university in [[France]] and received a certificate of mathematics in 1941.<ref name="CNRP">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrescueparty.org/sisowath-youtevong%E2%80%8B-1913-1947/|title=Prince Sisowath Youtevong (1913 - 1947)|date=2014-02-10|accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref> He was also a member of the [[French Section of the Workers' International]], the predecessor to the present-day [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]. He would later go on to be elected as President of the newly founded [[Democratic Party (Cambodia)|Democratic Party of Cambodia]] in April 1946. Youtevong was the principal author of the constitution at that time, which was put to use on 6 May 1947. He led the Democratic Party to victory in the elections on 1 September 1946 and was sworn in as Prime Minister on 15 December 1946. Prince Sisowath Youtevong died on 17 July 1947, at [[Calmette Hospital]], Phnom Penh, and was succeeded by [[Sisowath Watchayavong]].


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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Latest revision as of 21:23, 2 May 2024

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Sisowath. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Youtevong.
His Royal Highness
Prince
Sisowath Youtevong
ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ យុត្តិវង្ស
Prime Minister of Cambodia
In office
15 December 1946 – 17 July 1947
MonarchNorodom Sihanouk
Preceded bySisowath Monireth
Succeeded bySisowath Watchayavong
Leader of the Democratic Party
In office
June 1946 – July 1947
Personal details
Born1913
Oudong, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died17 July 1947 (aged 33–34)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indochina
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations		French Section of the Workers' International
SpouseDominique Laverne
Children2
Parent(s)Sisowath Chamraengvongs
Sisowath Yubhiphan
Alma materUniversity of Montpellier (PhD)
HouseHouse of Sisowath

Sisowath Youtevong (Khmer: អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់ ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ យុត្តិវង្ស; 1913 – 17 July 1947) was a Cambodian prince, politician and mathematician, credited as the "Father of Cambodian Democracy",[1] and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Cambodia from December 1946 to July 1947.[citation needed] He was the first to be elected prime minister.

Biography[edit]

Sisowath Youtevong was born in 1913 in Udong, Cambodia, as the son of Prince Chamraengvongs (1870–1916) and Princess Sisowath Yubhiphan (1877–1967). He studied at a science university in France and received a certificate of mathematics in 1941.[2] He was also a member of the French Section of the Workers' International, the predecessor to the present-day Socialist Party. He would later go on to be elected as President of the newly founded Democratic Party of Cambodia in April 1946. Youtevong was the principal author of the constitution at that time, which was put to use on 6 May 1947. He led the Democratic Party to victory in the elections on 1 September 1946 and was sworn in as Prime Minister on 15 December 1946. Prince Sisowath Youtevong died on 17 July 1947, at Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh, and was succeeded by Sisowath Watchayavong.

Personal life[edit]

Sisowath Youtevong was married to a French woman named Dominique Laverne and had two daughters: Sisowath Kantara (born 1945) and Sisowath Lenanda (born 1946).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A Biography of Prince Sisowath Youtevong, A Father of Cambodian Democracy". Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  2. ^ "Prince Sisowath Youtevong (1913 - 1947)". 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
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1946–1947 		Succeeded by


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