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Norodom Ranariddh ((クメール語:នរោត្តម រណឫទ្ធិ); born 2 January 1944) is a Cambodian prince, politician and law academic. He is the second son of Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. Ranariddh is a graduate of the University of Provence and started his career as a law researcher and lecturer in France. In 1983, Ranariddh joined FUNCINPEC, a Cambodian royalist political party. Three years later in 1986, he became the chief-of-staff and commander-in-chief of the Armee Nationale Sihanoukiste. Ranariddh became the secretary-general of FUNCINPEC in 1989, and its president in 1992. When FUNCINPEC won the 1993 Cambodian general election, it formed a coalition government which was jointly headed by two concurrently serving Prime Ministers, with the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). Ranariddh became the First Prime Minister of Cambodia while Hun Sen, who was from the CPP, became the Second Prime Minister. As the First Prime Minister, Ranariddh promoted business interests in Cambodia to leaders from regional countries and established the Cambodian Development Council (CDC). From early 1996 onwards, relations between Ranariddh and Hun Sen deterioated as Ranariddh complained of unequal distribution of government authority between FUNCINPEC and the CPP. Subsequently, both leaders publicly disputed with each other over issues that ranged from the implementation of construction projects, signing of property development contracts to their rival alliances with the Khmer Rouge. In July 1997, a major clash between troops separately aligned to FUNCINPEC and the CPP took place, forcing Ranariddh into exile. The following month, Ranariddh was ousted from his position as the First Prime Minister. He returned to Cambodia in March 1998, and led his party to contest in the 1998 Cambodian general election. When FUNCINPEC lost the elections to the CPP, Ranariddh briefly challenged the election results. He later accepted the results, and was made the President of the National Assembly in November 1998. Until 2001, Ranariddh was seen as a potential successor to Sihanouk as the next King of Cambodia, when he renounced his interest in succeeding to the throne. As the President of the National Assembly, Ranariddh was one of the nine members of the throne council which selected Sihamoni to succeed Sihanouk in 2004. In March 2006, Ranariddh resigned as the President of the National Assembly and was subsequently ousted as the President of FUNCINPEC in October 2006. The following month, Ranariddh founded the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP). The following month, two lawsuits were filed against Ranariddh which accused him of embezzlement and adultery, forcing him to go into exile once again. In March 2007, Ranariddh was found guilty of both charges and sentenced to imprisonment, which were commuted after he received a pardon in September 2008. Ranariddh returned to Cambodia and announced his retirement from politics. In December 2008, Ranariddh was made the President of the Supreme Privy Council. He came out of retirement to lead the NRP again in December 2010, and after a failed attempt to merge the NRP and FUNCINPEC, Ranariddh announced his retirement from politics for a second time. In March 2014, he came out of retirement again and launched the Community of Royalist People's Party (CRPP). In January 2015, Ranariddh dissolved the CRPP and returned to FUNCINPEC. He was subsequently re-elected as the FUNCINPEC president. ==Early life== Ranariddh was born in Phnom Penh to Sihanouk and his first wife〔Mehta (2001), p. 3〕 Phat Kanhol, a ballet dancer attached to the royal court.〔Mehta (2001), p. 1〕 Ranariddh was separated from his mother at three years of age when she remarried, and subsequently grew up mostly under the care of his aunt, Norodom Ketkanya and grandaunt, Norodom Sobhana.〔Mehta (2001), p. 4〕 Ranariddh attended primary school at Norodom School and completed part of his high school studies at Lycee Descartes in Phnom Penh.〔Mehta (2001), p. 7〕 During his childhood, Ranariddh developed a close relationship with his grandparents, Norodom Suramarit and Sisowath Kossamak but had a distant relationship with his father.〔Mehta (2001), p. 6〕 In 1958, Ranariddh was sent to a boarding school in Marseille together with his half-brother Norodom Chakrapong.〔Mehta (2001), p. 11〕 Ranariddh initially planned to pursue medical studies as he did well in science subjects, but was persuaded by Kossamak to study law instead. After finishing high school in 1961, Ranariddh enrolled in the undergraduate programme of law at the University of Paris. In Paris, Ranariddh struggled to focus on his studies, which he attributed to the differing lifestyle norms between Marseille and Paris.〔Mehta (2001), p. 14〕 In 1962, Ranariddh returned to Marseille, where he enrolled in the law faculty at the University of Provence (now part of Aix-Marseille University). He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1968 and 1969 respectively, both specialising in Public Law.〔Mehta (2001), p. 19〕 After completing his master's, Ranariddh took the PhD qualifying examinations in 1969. He returned to Cambodia in January 1970, and worked briefly as a secretary at the Interior Ministry.〔Mehta (2001), p. 28〕 When Lon Nol staged a successful coup against Sihanouk in March 1970, Ranariddh was dismissed from his job and fled into the jungle where he associated closely with the anti-Lon Nol resistance leaders.〔Mehta (2001), p. 37〕 Ranariddh was captured in 1971 along with several members of the royal family, and was held in prison six months before being released. He was rearrested the following year, and spent another three months in detention.〔Mehta (2001), p. 39〕 In 1973, Ranariddh returned to the University of Provence,〔Mehta (2001), p. 42〕 where he completed his PhD in 1975.〔Mehta (2001), pp. 48-9〕 Between 1976 and 1979, Ranariddh worked as a research fellow at the CNRS,〔Narong (2005), p. 204〕 and was awarded a diploma of higher studies in air transport when he left in 1979.〔Mehta (2001), p. 194〕 In the same year, Ranariddh went back to the University of Provence for the third time as an associate professor〔Mehta (2001), p. 66〕 teaching courses in constitutional law and political sociology.〔Norodom (2014), p. 11〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norodom Ranariddh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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