BORN ON THURSDAY 14 MAY 1953, IN PHNOM PENH, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
PRINCE NORODOM SIHAMONI IS THE SON OF HIS MAJESTY NORODOM
SIHANOUK, KING OF CAMBODIA AND OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN NORODOM
MONINEATH SIHANOUK OF CAMBODIA.
1959-1962 : PRIMARY SCHOOLING AT THE NORODOM SCHOOL AND THEN AT THE
DESCARTES HIGH SCHOOL IN PHNOM PENH (CAMBODIA).
1962-1967 : PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLING AT PRAGUE'S HIGH SCHOOL
(CZECHOSLOVAKIA).
1967-1971 : DANCE, MUSIC AND THEATRE COURSES AT THE NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF
PRAGUE.
1970 : HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATE –PRAGUE (WITH "VERY GOOD" MARKS).
1971 : FIRST PRICE COURSE OF CLASSICAL DANCE OF THE NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF
PRAGUE.
1971-1975 : HIGHER DANCE, MUSIC AND THEATRE COURSES, ACADEMY OF MUSICAL ART OF
PRAGUE.
1975 : GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY OF MUSICAL ART OF PRAGUE.
1975 : AUTHOR OF A THESIS ON THE CONCEPTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF ARTISTIC SCHOOLS IN CAMBODIA.
1975 – 1976 : HIGHER STUDIES OF CINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE D.P.R. OF KOREA.
SINCE 1981 : PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL DANCE AND ARTISTIC PEDAGOGY AT THE MARIUS PETIPA CONSERVATORY, THE GABRIEL FAURE
CONSERVATORY AND THE W.A. MOZART CONSERVATORY OF THE CITY OF PARIS.
SINCE 1984 : PRESIDENT OF THE KHMER DANCE ASSOCIATION IN FRANCE AND DIRECTOR GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE BALLET
GROUP “DEVA”.
SINCE 1990 : DIRECTOR GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE KHMER CINEMATOGRAPHIC SOCIETY "KHEMARA PICTURES".
1992 : CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY BY THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME NATIONAL UNCIL OF CAMBODIA TO BE PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE OF CAMBODIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
30 AUGUST 1993 : APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA TO UNESCO.
1ST FEBRUARY 1994 : ELEVATED BY H.M. THE KING TO THE RANK OF SDECH KROM KHUN (GREAT PRINCE).
