Sim Var

Sim Var
ស៊ឹម វ៉ា
Prime Minister of Cambodia
In office
24 April 1958 – 10 July 1958
MonarchNorodom Suramarit
Preceded byPenn Nouth
Succeeded byNorodom Sihanouk
In office
26 July 1957 – 11 January 1958
MonarchNorodom Suramarit
Preceded byNorodom Sihanouk
Succeeded byEk Yi Oun
Cambodian Ambassador to Japan
In office
1970–1974
Appointed byLon Nol
Succeeded byKoun Wick
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
1957–1958
Succeeded byPenn Nouth
Personal details
Born2 February 1906
Kampong Cham, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died12 October 1989 (aged 83)[1]
Paris, France
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Ma Prakob (m. 1962; div.)
Yoko Kawada[2]

Sim Var (Khmer: ស៊ឹម វ៉ា; 2 February 1906 – 12 October 1989) was a Cambodian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Cambodia from July 1957 to January 1958 and from April to July 1958. Together with Chhean Vam and Ieu Koeus, he co-founded the Democratic Party in April 1946. As a nationalist,[2] Var opposed the French rule over Cambodia and led opposition movements with other nationalists. He was Cambodia's Ambassador to Japan during the 1970s.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Sim Var, Ex-Cambodian Premier, 85". The New York Times. 18 October 1989. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sim Var (1906-1989)". nationalrescueparty.org. Retrieved 9 April 2014.

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