Princess Norodom Marie Ranariddh (;

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Eng (); born 21 December 1948) is the first wife of Prince

Norodom Ranariddh Norodom Ranariddh (; 2 January 1944 – 28 November 2021, Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN, UNGEGN: , Romanization of Khmer#ALA-LC Romanization Tables, ALA-LC: ) was a Cambodian politician and law academic. He was the second son of King Norodom S ...

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from 1993 to 1997. She was President of the Cambodian Red Cross from 1994 to 1998.

Personal life

From 1968 to 2010, Marie was married to

, the prince and richest man in Cambodia. She describes herself as half

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and Khmer

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References

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