Penn Nouth | |
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| ប៉ែន នុត | |
.jpg) Nouth in 1947 | |
| Prime Minister of Cambodia | |
| In office 17 April 1975 – 4 April 1976 | |
| President | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Preceded by | Long Boret |
| Succeeded by | Khieu Samphan (acting) |
| In office 31 January 1968 – 14 August 1969 | |
| President | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Preceded by | Son Sann |
| Succeeded by | Lon Nol |
| In office 28 January 1961 – 17 November 1961 | |
| President | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Preceded by | Pho Proeung |
| Succeeded by | Norodom Sihanouk |
| In office 17 January 1958 – 24 April 1958 | |
| Monarch | Norodom Suramarit |
| Preceded by | Ek Yi Oun |
| Succeeded by | Sim Var |
| In office 18 April 1954 – 26 January 1955 | |
| Monarch | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Preceded by | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Succeeded by | Leng Ngeth |
| In office 24 January 1953 – 22 November 1953 | |
| Monarch | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Preceded by | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Succeeded by | Chan Nak |
| In office 15 August 1948 – 21 January 1949 | |
| Monarch | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Preceded by | Chhean Vam |
| Succeeded by | Yem Sambaur |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 11 January 1958 – 10 July 1958 | |
| Prime Minister | Ek Yi Oun Sim Var |
| Preceded by | Sim Var |
| Succeeded by | Truong Cang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 April 1906 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indochina |
| Died | 18 May 1985 (aged 79) Châtenay-Malabry, France |
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Penn Nouth (Khmer: ប៉ែន នុត; 15 April 1906 – 18 May 1985) was a Cambodian politician. He served in the French colonial administration, then took active part in Cambodian politics, was several times Prime Minister of Cambodia (1953, 1954–1955, 1958, 1961) as part of the Sangkum regime of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. He was the first prime minister of an independent Cambodia. He was prime minister for the sixth time from 31 January 1968 to 14 August 1969. On 18 March 1970, when Norodom Sihanouk was deposed by Penn Nouth's successor Lon Nol, Penn Nouth joined the monarch in his exile and became prime minister in the GRUNK coalition. His combined tenure as Prime Minister (5 years, 222 days), spanning seven non-consecutive terms, is the second-longest in Cambodian history after Hun Sen.
After the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh in 1975, he served as prime minister of the country for the last time, but did not have real power. He was allowed to leave Cambodia in 1979 along with Sihanouk; he then emigrated.