Norodom Sihamoni's personality style

The smiling face of King Norodom Sihamoni appeared in Cambodian newspapers. Since he succeeded to the throne, the new king celebrated his first birthday on May 14, 2006. For sihamoni, who just turned 52 and succeeded to the throne for half a year, experts gave high marks, saying that he "did everything he should do" and "conquered the people with a smile". Cambodian experts say that sihamoni won the acceptance of130,000 Cambodians after six months in office and was loved. Since he ascended the throne, the new king has left a deep impression on people with his smile and gentle charm. Besides official diplomatic visits, sihamoni often walks in the countryside. Cambodians unexpectedly saw the king appear in the countryside and felt that the king really cared about the lives of ordinary people.

Julio Jardres, Sihanouk's Australian biographer, said: "He did everything he should do. He visited almost all provinces. He went deep into the rural community and people liked him very much. " Gerard Les told AFP that the new king is "gentle and approachable" and sometimes "kneels in front of the people so as to be at the same height as the people (Cambodians bow when they see the king)". Lao Meng Hai of Cambodia Social Development Center said: "Cambodians kissed his hand and people came to see him to show their support." According to the Cambodian Constitution, sihamoni does not govern the country and intends to remain aloof from political disputes. A western diplomat said that despite the royal etiquette, court life always means loneliness for unmarried kings. "He successfully fulfilled his father's wishes and completed a smooth transition." sihamoni's uncle Prince Siriwood also spoke highly of this nephew. Prince Siriwood told AFP: "He is smart and eager to learn, and he has the ability to learn the duties of being a king well ... his ability is increasing day by day." Former King Sihanouk still has great influence on sihamoni and Cambodia. Many people, including opposition leader Sam Rainsy, still call Sihanouk "the king". Many government departments still hang pictures of Sihanouk, as if he were still the king. A person close to the royal family said, "Sihanouk advised the king on everything. He never left."

Sihanouk, 82, is being treated in a hospital in Beijing, although he announced the recurrence of cancer earlier this month. However, the former king still accepted his son's entrustment and became the chairman of Cambodia's Supreme Border Committee, responsible for discussing and solving Cambodia's border issues with Vietnam, Thailand and Laos. Sihanouk said that although he is in poor health, he has the ability to shoulder this heavy responsibility and will continue to serve the country and the people in his lifetime, especially to safeguard the territorial integrity of the country. Many experts believe that due to his lack of political experience, sihamoni needs the help of more experienced fathers. However, since sihamoni had never been involved in politics before, he didn't make enemies with anyone. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, as one of the nine members of the throne committee, supported sihamoni's succession to the throne from the very beginning. On June 65438+1October 65438+April 2004, the Cambodian throne committee unanimously elected Norodom Sihamoni, aged 5 1 year, as King Wang Guoxin of Cambodia by secret ballot.

Sihamoni was born in Phnom Penh on May 1953. He is the youngest son of Sihanouk and his current wife Monineath Sihanouk. Sihamoni's name consists of the first two characters of his father Sihanouk and his mother monineath.

Sihamoni was not interested in politics, and Sihanouk once called him "a saint in the sense of Greek philosophy". Sihamoni studied Cambodian classical dance with her sister Princess Norodom Bophadevi in her early years. As we all know, Sihanouk himself is an excellent and prolific photographer, playwright and songwriter.

65438-0975 sihamoni graduated from Prague Conservatory of Music and Art, Czech Republic. Later, he went to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and studied film shooting at the Film Art School.