Norodom Ranariddh (born 1944) is a Cambodian prince, politician and law academic. He is the second son of Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. A graduate of the University of Provence, he started his career as a law researcher and lecturer in France. In 1983, he joined FUNCINPEC, a Cambodian royalist party, and in 1986 became the chief-of-staff and commander-in-chief of the Armée nationale sihanoukiste. He became the secretary-general of FUNCINPEC in 1989, and its president in 1992. He was the first Prime Minister of Cambodia, serving between 1993 and 1997. After being forced into exile in July 1997, he returned to Cambodia in March 1998 and led his party in the Cambodian general election, becoming President of the National Assembly between 1998 and 2006. He resigned in March 2006, and in October 2006 was ousted as president of FUNCINPEC. In March 2014 he launched the Community of Royalist People's Party, but dissolved it in January 2015 and was re-elected to the FUNCINPEC presidency.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
747:
Abu Muslim initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which was carried out under the sign of the Black Standard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Revolution
1523:
Simon de Colines, a Parisian printer, was fined for printing Biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining prior approval. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Colines
1928:
Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed their Southern Cross aircraft in Brisbane, completing the first ever trans-Pacific flight from the United States mainland to Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith
1965:
The Viet Cong commenced combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Dong Xoai, one of the largest battles in the Vietnam War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dong_Xoai
2010:
A boy wearing a bomb committed a suicide attack at a wedding in Arghandab District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring 70 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadahan_wedding_bombing
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
hobnob: 1. (intransitive, obsolete) To toast one another by touching glasses. 2. (intransitive) To drink together. 3. (intransitive) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hobnob
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks — on your body or on your heart — are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt. --Anthony Bourdain https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain
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