Sisowath Youtevong

Prince Sisowath Youtévong (Khmer: អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់ ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ យុត្តិវង្ស; 1913 – 17 July 1947) was a Cambodian prince, politician and mathematician, credited as the "Father of Cambodian Democracy",[1] and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Cambodia from December 1946 to July 1947. He was the first to be elected prime minister.

His Royal Highness Prince Sisowath Youtevong
4th Prime Minister of Cambodia
In office 15 December 1946 – 17 July 1947
Monarch	Norodom Sihanouk
Preceded by	Sisowath Monireth
Succeeded by	Sisowath Watchayavong
Leader of the Democratic Party
In office June 1946 – July 1947
Personal details
Born	1913 Oudong, Cambodia
Died	17 July 1947 (aged 33–34) Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	French Section of the Workers' International
Spouse(s)	Dominique Laverne
Children	2
Parents	Sisowath Chamraengvongs Sisowath Yubhiphan
Alma mater	University of Montpellier (PhD)
House	House of Sisowath

Biography

Sisowath Youtevong was born in 1913 in Udong, Cambodia, as the son of Prince Chamraengvongs (1870–1916) and Princess Sisowath Yubhiphan (1877–1967). He studied at a science university in France and received a certificate of mathematics in 1941.[2] He was also a member of the French Section of the Workers' International, the predecessor to the present-day Socialist Party. He would later go on to be elected as President of the newly founded Democratic Party of Cambodia in April 1946. Youtevong was the principal author of the constitution at that time, which was put to use on 6 May 1947. He led the Democratic Party to victory in the elections on 1 September 1946 and was sworn in as Prime Minister on 15 December 1946. Prince Sisowath Youtevong died on 17 July 1947, at Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh, and was succeeded by Sisowath Watchayavong.

Personal life

Sisowath Youtevong was married to a French woman named Dominique Laverne and had two daughters: Sisowath Kantara (born 1945) and Sisowath Lenanda (born 1946).

References

1. "A Biography of Prince Sisowath Youtevong, A Father of Cambodian Democracy". Retrieved 2014-02-10.
2. "Prince Sisowath Youtevong (1913 - 1947)". 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

Political offices
Preceded by Sisowath Monireth	Prime Minister of Cambodia 1946–1947	Succeeded by Sisowath Watchayavong