Penn Nouth Net Worth

Background and career

Penn Nouth (Khmer: ប៉ែន នុត; April 15, 1906 – May 18, 1985) was a Cambodian politician. He served in the French colonial administration, then took active part in Cambodian politics, was several times Prime Minister of Cambodia (1953, 1954–1955, 1958, 1961) as part of the Sangkum regime of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. He was the first prime minister of an independent Cambodia. He was prime minister for the sixth time from 31 January 1968 to August 14th 1969. On March 18th 1970, when Norodom Sihanouk was deposed by Penn Nouth's successor Lon Nol, Penn Nouth joined the monarch in his exile and became prime minister in the GRUNK coalition. His combined tenure as prime minister (5 years, 222 days), spanning seven non-consecutive terms, is the second-longest in Cambodian history after Hun Sen.

On April 17, 1975, when the Khmer Rouge took power, he held the post of prime minister for Sihanouk for the last time, but without holding any power, Democratic Kampuchea being entirely controlled by Pol Pot's supporters. He was subsequently placed under house arrest after Sihanouk resigned on 5th April 1976, until January 6, 1979, when, following his release during the Vietnamese invasion, he returned to the People's Republic of China.

He emigrated to Châtenay-Malabry in France, where he obtained refugee status on March 6, 1981, and where he died on May 18, 1985, at age 79.