Somdach Veang Thiounn | |
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ឧកញ៉ា វ៉ាង ជួន | |
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| Born | April 8, 1864 Kampong Tralach, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia |
| Died | September 1946 (aged 82) Cambodia |
Somdach Veang Thiounn (Khmer: ឧកញ៉ា វ៉ាង ជួន, romanized: Oknha Veang Thiounn, April 8, 1864–September 1946) was a Cambodian state official of the Khmer nobility during the French protectorate of Cambodia who had a lasting influence on Khmer historiography through the Cambodian Royal Chronicles. While he has been described as the shogun of the French protectorate[1] and a "comprador feudalist",[2] others have praised his long service to the Kingdom of Cambodia, as "the epitome of the colonial subject who quickly saw how to turn the new regime to an advantage":[3]
- ^ Meyer, Charles (1971). Derrière le sourire khmer (in French). Plon. p. 109.
- ^ Kiernan, Ben (2008-10-01). How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930–1975. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14844-2.
- ^ Vickery, Michael (1986). Kampuchea: Politics, Economics, and Society. F. Pinter. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-86187-422-4.