From The Japan Times (Oct.19th 2012)
Deepest Condolences <Oct.15th.2012>
It is our regret to inform with deepest sorrow that His Majesty NORODOM SHIANOUK, King Father of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Supreme Honorary President of Nenbutsushu Buddhist Sect of Japan and Buddhist Summit, passed away in the early morning on October 15, 2012.
His Majesty overcome various difficulties and attained great achievements in his whole life in bringing peace, serenity, and prosperity to all the people of the Kingdom of Cambodia, based on the teachings of Buddhism.
His Majesty was the Symbol of the Nation, titled as "Father of Impendence, Unity, and National Reconciliation" and truly deserved the honorary title, "Supreme Royal Father od World Buddhism."
This is the great loss of the Cambodian people and Buddhists worldwide.
We sincerely pray for the peaceful repose of His Majesty's soul.
Royal Embassy of Cambodia to Japan.
Nenbutsushu Sanpouzan Muryojuji Buddhist Sect of Japan.
From Wikipedia,
His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (Khmer: នរោត្តម សីហនុ; 31 October 1922 – 15 October 2012) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004. He was the effective ruler of Cambodia from 1953 to 1970. After his second abdication in 2004, he was known as "The King-Father of Cambodia" (Khmer: Preahmâhaviraksat), a position in which he retained many of his former responsibilities as constitutional monarch.
The son of King Norodom Suramarit and Queen Sisowath Kossamak, Sihanouk held so many positions since 1941 that the Guinness Book of World Records identifies him as the politician who has served the world's greatest variety of political offices.[1] These included two terms as king, two as sovereign prince, one as president, two as prime minister, as well as numerous positions as leader of various governments-in-exile. He served as puppet head of state for the Khmer Rouge government in 1975–1976.[2]
Most of these positions were only honorific, including the last position as constitutional king of Cambodia. Sihanouk's actual period of effective rule over Cambodia was from 9 November 1953, when Cambodia gained its independence from France, until 18 March 1970, when General Lon Nol and the National Assembly deposed him.
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