Mam Manivan Phaninvong (1924 – 19 April 1975) was a Cambodian princess.

Life

She was born in

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. She married King

Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a member of the House of Norodom, Cambodian royal house who led the country as Monarchy of Cambodia, King, List of heads of state of Cambodia, Chief of State and Prime Minister of Cambodi ...

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in 1949 at Khemerin Palace, becoming his fourth wife. They had two daughters, Princess Norodom Sujata and the Royal Princess

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. During the

Fall of Phnom Penh The Fall of Phnom Penh was the capture of Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively ending the Cambodian Civil War. At the beginning of April 1975, Phnom Penh, one of th ...

, she took refuge at the French Embassy. On 18 April the Khmer Rouge ordered all Cambodians who had taken refuge in the French Embassy, other than women married to Frenchmen, to leave the embassy or they would take over the embassy, they rejected any right of asylum. Among those evicted was Princess Mam Manivan Phanivong, along with Khy-Taing Lim the Minister of Finance and Loeung Nal the Minister of Health. She was murdered by the

Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom Sihano ...

on 19 April 1975, after having been denied refuge in the French Embassy.''Cambodian Royals Revealed''

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July 12, 200

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1934 births 1975 deaths Spouses of prime ministers of Cambodia People executed by the Khmer Rouge Executed Cambodian royalty Cambodian people of Laotian descent Princesses by marriage {{Cambodia-royal-stub