List of Famous people born in Battambang Province, Cambodia

Nuon Cthea

First Name Nuon

Born on July 7, 1926

Died on August 4, 2019 (aged 93)

Born in Cambodia, Battambang Province

Nuon Chea, also known as Long Bunruot or Rungloet Laodi, was a Cambodian communist politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. He also briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea.

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Sisowath of Cambodia

First Name Sisowath

Born on September 7, 1840

Died on August 9, 1927 (aged 86)

Born in Cambodia, Battambang Province

Sisowath was King of Cambodia from 27 April 1904 to his death in 1927. He was the son of King Ang Duong and half brother of Prince Si Votha and King Norodom.

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Khuang Aphaiwong

First Name Khuang

Died on March 15, 1968

Born in Cambodia, Battambang Province

Khuang Aphaiwong, also known by his noble title Luang Kowit-aphaiwong, was three times the prime minister of Thailand: from August 1944 to 1945, from January to May 1946, and from November 1947 to April 1948.

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Ieu Koeus

First Name Ieu

Born on January 1, 1905

Died on January 14, 1950 (aged 45)

Born in Cambodia, Battambang Province

Ieu Koeus was a Cambodian politician. He served as President of the National Assembly of Cambodia from 1946 to 1949, and as Prime Minister of Cambodia for nine days in September 1949. Considered an intellectual, he was instrumental in the formation of the Cambodian Democratic Party in April 1946, created a self-declared government on September 20, 1949, was replaced by Yem Sambaur on September 29.

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