Editing Norodom Ranariddh (section)

{{Short description|Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1993 to 1997}}
{{Family name hatnote|Norodom|Ranariddh|lang=Cambodian}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[His Royal Highness]]<br />''[[Samdech#Royalty|Samdech Krom Preah]]''
| native_name         = {{nobold|នរោត្ដម រណឫទ្ធិ}}
| image               = Ranariddh self portrait.jpg
| caption             = Ranariddh in 2006
| office1             = [[President of the National Assembly (Cambodia)|President of the National Assembly]]
| monarch1            = {{ubl|[[Norodom Sihanouk]]|[[Norodom Sihamoni]]}}
| vicepresident1      = {{ubl|Heng Samrin|[[Nguon Nhel]]}}
| term_start1         = 25 November 1998
| term_end1           = 14 March 2006
| predecessor1        = [[Chea Sim]]
| successor1          = [[Heng Samrin]]
| office2             = [[Prime Minister of Cambodia|First Prime Minister of Cambodia]]
| alongside2          = [[Hun Sen]] (as Second Prime Minister)
| term_start2         = 24 September 1993
| term_end2           = 6 August 1997
| monarch2            = Norodom Sihanouk
| predecessor2        = ''Himself'' (as Prime Minister)
| successor2          = [[Ung Huot]]
| office3             = [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]]
| term_start3         = 2 July 1993
| term_end3           = 24 September 1993
| president3          = Norodom Sihanouk
| predecessor3        = ''Position restored''
| successor3          = ''Himself'' (as First Prime Minister)<br />[[Hun Sen]] (as Second Prime Minister)
| office4             = [[FUNCINPEC#List of party presidents|President of FUNCINPEC]]
| term_start4         = 19 January 2015
| term_end4           = 28 November 2021
| predecessor4        = [[Norodom Arunrasmy]]
| successor4          = [[Norodom Chakravuth]]
| term_start5         = February 1992
| term_end5           = 18 October 2006
| predecessor5        = [[Nhiek Tioulong]]
| successor5          = [[Keo Puth Rasmey]]
| office6             = President of the [[Norodom Ranariddh Party]]
| term_start6         = November 2006
| term_end6           = October 2008
| predecessor6        = ''Position established''
| successor6          = [[Chhim Siek Leng]]
| term_start7         = December 2010
| term_end7           = August 2012
| predecessor7        = Chhim Siek Leng
| successor7          = Pheng Heng
| office8             = President of the [[Community of Royalist People's Party]]
| term_start8         = 16 March 2014
| term_end8           = 17 January 2015
| predecessor8        = ''Position established''
| successor8          = ''Position abolished''
| office9             = [[National Assembly (Cambodia)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Kampong Cham (National Assembly constituency)|Kampong Cham]]
| term_start9         = 24 November 2017
| term_end9           = 29 July 2018
| term_start10        = 25 November 1998
| term_end10          = 12 December 2006
| constituency_MP11   = [[Phnom Penh (National Assembly constituency)|Phnom Penh]]
| term_start11        = 14 June 1993
| term_end11          = 26 July 1998
| birthname           = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1944|1|2|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Phnom Penh]], [[Japanese occupation of Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[French Indochina]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2021|11|28|1944|1|2|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Aix-en-Provence]], France
| module              = {{Infobox royalty|embed=yes
| house               = [[House of Norodom|Norodom]]
}}
| parents             = {{ubl|[[Norodom Sihanouk]]|[[Phat Kanhol]]}}
| spouse              = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Norodom Marie|Eng Marie]]|1968|2010|end=div}} | {{marriage|Ouk Phalla|2010|2018|end=d}}}}
| children            = {{ubl|[[Norodom Chakravuth]] | Norodom Sihariddh | [[Norodom Rattana Devi]] | Norodom Sothearidh | Norodom Ranavong}}
| party               = [[FUNCINPEC]] (1983–2006; 2015–2021)
| otherparty          = {{ubl|[[Community of Royalist People's Party]] (2014–2015)| [[Norodom Ranariddh Party]] (2006–2008; 2010–2012)}}
| alma_mater          = [[University of Provence]]
| website             = {{URL|norodomranariddh.org}}
| native_name_lang    = km
}}

'''Norodom Ranariddh''' ({{langx|km|នរោត្តម រណឫទ្ធិ}}; 2 January 1944 – 28 November 2021, [[Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN|UNGEGN]]: {{Transliteration|km|Nôroŭttâm Rôṇârœ̆ddhĭ}}, [[Romanization of Khmer#ALA-LC Romanization Tables|ALA-LC]]: {{Transliteration|km|Narottam Raṇaṛddhi}} {{IPA|km|nɔroːɗɑm rĕəʔnaʔrɨt|}}) was a Cambodian politician and law academic. He was the second son of King [[Norodom Sihanouk]] of Cambodia and a half-brother of King [[Norodom Sihamoni]]. Ranariddh was the president of [[FUNCINPEC]], a Cambodian royalist party. He was also the first [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] following the restoration of the [[Monarchy of Cambodia|monarchy]], serving between 1993 and 1997, and subsequently as the President of the [[National Assembly (Cambodia)|National Assembly]] between 1998 and 2006.

Ranariddh was a graduate of the [[University of Provence]] and started his career as a law researcher and lecturer in France. In 1983, he joined FUNCINPEC and in 1986 became the chief of staff and commander-in-chief of [[Military history of Cambodia|Armée nationale sihanoukiste]]. Ranariddh became Secretary-General of FUNCINPEC in 1989, and its president in 1992. When FUNCINPEC won the [[1993 Cambodian general election]], it formed a coalition government with the [[Cambodian People's Party]] (CPP), which was jointly headed by two concurrently serving prime ministers. Ranariddh became the First Prime Minister of Cambodia while [[Hun Sen]], who was from the CPP, became the Second Prime Minister. As the First Prime Minister, Ranariddh promoted business interests in Cambodia to leaders from regional countries and established the Cambodian Development Council (CDC).

From early 1996, relations between Ranariddh and Hun Sen deteriorated as Ranariddh complained of unequal distribution of government authority between FUNCINPEC and the CPP. Subsequently, both leaders publicly argued over issues such as the implementation of construction projects, signing of property development contracts, and their rival alliances with the [[Khmer Rouge]]. In July 1997, major clashes between troops separately aligned to FUNCINPEC and the CPP took place, forcing Ranariddh into exile. The following month, Ranariddh was ousted from his position as First Prime Minister in a [[1997 Cambodian coup d'état|coup d'état]].

He returned to Cambodia in March 1998, and led his party in the [[1998 Cambodian general election]]. When FUNCINPEC lost the elections to the CPP, Ranariddh, after initially challenging the results, became President of the National Assembly in November 1998.  He was seen as a potential successor to Sihanouk as the King of Cambodia, until in 2001 he renounced his interest in the succession. As the President of the National Assembly, Ranariddh was one of the nine members of the [[Royal Council of the Throne|throne council]] which in 2004 selected Sihamoni as Sihanouk's successor.

In March 2006, Ranariddh resigned as the President of the National Assembly and in October 2006 was ousted as President of FUNCINPEC. The following month, he founded the [[Norodom Ranariddh Party]] (NRP). Accusations and a conviction of embezzlement drove him into exile again. He returned to Cambodia after being pardoned in September 2008 and retired from politics. Between 2010 and 2012 he unsuccessfully attempted a merger of his NRP with FUNCINPEC. In 2014, he launched the short-lived [[Community of Royalist People's Party]] (CRPP) before returning to FUNCINPEC in January 2015. He was subsequently re-elected to the FUNCINPEC presidency.

Ranariddh remained out of public view following a car accident during the [[2018 Cambodian general election|2018 election campaign]], which saw the death of his second wife. He made frequent visits to France for medical treatment, and died in November 2021 in [[Aix-en-Provence]].