Penn Nouth (1 April 1906-18 May 1985) was Prime Minister of Cambodia from 15 August 1948 to 21 January 1949 (succeeding Chhean Vam and preceding Yem Sambaur), from 24 January to 22 November 1953 (succeeding Norodom Sihanouk and preceding Chan Nak), from 18 April 1954 to 26 January 1955 (succeeding Sihanouk and preceding Leng Ngeth), from 17 January to 24 April 1958 (succeeding Ek Yi Oun and preceding Sim Var), from 28 January to 17 November 1961 (succeeding Pho Proeung and preceding Sihanouk), from 31 January 1968 to 14 August 1969 (succeeding Son Sann and preceding Lon Nol), and from 17 April 1975 to 4 April 1976 (succeeding Long Boret and preceding Khieu Samphan).
Biography[]
Penn Nouth was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1906, and he served in the French colonial administration before becoming involved with Cambodian politics. He served as Prime Minister in 1953, from 1954 to 1955, in 1958, and 1961, serving as a member of Prince Norodom Sihanouk's Sangkum regime. In 1970, he joined Sihanouk in exile and became Prime Minister in the GRUNK coalition. From 1975 to 1976, he served as the powerless Prime Minister of Cambodia under Khmer Rouge rule, and he died in exile in France in 1985 at the age of 79.