Editing Norodom Ranariddh (section)

===Initial years in FUNCINPEC===

When Sihanouk formed FUNCINPEC in 1981, Ranariddh declined his father's invitation to join the party as he disagreed with its association with the [[Khmer Rouge]].<ref name="Mehta2001-p.66"/> In June 1983, Sihanouk urged Ranariddh to leave his teaching career in France and join FUNCINPEC, and this time he agreed.<ref name="Mehta2001-p.66"/> Ranariddh was appointed a personal representative to Sihanouk, and relocated to [[Bangkok, Thailand]],<ref>Mehta (2001), p. 67</ref> where he took charge of the party's diplomatic and political activities in Asia.  In March 1985, Ranariddh was appointed inspector-general of the {{ill|Armee Nationale Sihanoukiste|ru|Национальная армия сианукистов}} (ANS), the armed force of FUNCINPEC,<ref name="Narong204"/> and in January 1986 became ANS commander-in-chief and chief-of-staff.<ref>Mehta (2001), p. 184</ref>

Ranariddh became secretary-general of FUNCINPEC in August 1989, when Sihanouk stepped down as its president.<ref>Mehta (2001), p. 82</ref> On 10 September 1990, Ranariddh joined the Supreme National Council of Cambodia (SNC),<ref name="Narong204"/> an interim United Nations administrative body tasked with overseeing sovereign affairs of Cambodia.<ref>Widyono (2008), pp. 34–35</ref> When the [[1991 Paris Peace Accords]] were signed in October of that year, officially ending the [[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]], Ranariddh was one of the SNC signatories.<ref name="Narong204"/> In February 1992, he was elected to the presidency of FUNCINPEC.<ref name="Widyono 2008, p. 154">Widyono (2008), p. 154</ref>