Tep Vong

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Tep Vong
ទេព វង្ស
Tep Vong in 2023
Title Great Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Personal
Born(1932-01-12)12 January 1932
Siem Reap, Cambodia, French Indochina[1]
Died26 February 2024(2024-02-26) (aged 92)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
NationalityCambodian
LineageMaha Nikaya

Samdech Preah Agga Maha Sangharajadhipati Tep Vong (Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះអគ្គមហាសង្ឃរាជាធិបតី ទេព វង្ស; 12 January 1932 – 26 February 2024) was a Cambodian Buddhist monk who served as the Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia until his death in 2024. He was well known for his role in re-establishing the Cambodian monkhood after the Pol Pot period and for his links to dominant political leaders after the 1980s.

  1. ^ "Great Supreme Patriarch". The Phnom Penh Post. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2014.