Sam Rainsy
Sam Rainsy was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on March 10th, 1949 and is the Politician. At the age of 75, Sam Rainsy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Sam Rainsy (born 10 March 1949) is a Cambodian scholar, economist, and politician who has most recently been Prime Minister of the Opposition.
He is now the interim leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party due to the party's ban on political involvement, Kem Sokha.
On October 9, 2019, Cambodia's national day of independence, Sam Rainsy declared in August 2019 that he and other key opposition figures will return to the country.
The Cambodian government responded by suing any airline that carried him to Cambodia with "serious consequences."
The government of Thailand refused to admit him by land at the request of Cambodia.
Despite having a valid ticket, Sam Rainsy was refused entry on a Thai Airways flight from Paris to Bangkok, from where he planned to travel to Cambodia on November 7.
Early life and political career
Sam Rainsy was born in Phnom Penh on March 10th, 1949. He immigrated to France in 1965, studied there, then served as an investment manager and executive director in a number of Parisian financial companies. After returning to Cambodia in 1992, he became a member of the Funcinpec Party and became a member of parliament for Siem Reap Province the following year. He became Minister of Finance but was voted out of office by a vote of no confidence in 1994. He founded the Khmer Nation Party (KNP), which changed its name before the 1998 elections to the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) to avoid registration issues. It took 22% of the vote in the 2003 elections.
The US Embassy in Phnom Penh said at the time that it was "deeply worried" that the government was attempting to "silence the opposition." Other embassies, local and international organisations expressed the same trepidation. Sam was tried in absentia on December 22, 2005, in connection with the defamation cases. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail and told him to pay about US$14,000 in fines and compensation. Rainsy was given a Royal Pardon by King Norodom Sihamoni at Prime Minister Hun Sen's request on February 5, 2006. On February 10, 2006, he returned to Cambodia.
Sam Rainsy accused Cambodia's then foreign minister Hor Namhong of being detained under the Khmer Rouge as the head of the Beoung Trabek jail, where torture and murder were carried out in April 2008. Hor Namhong responded by suing Rainsy for defamation, but Cambodia's courts upheld Hor Namhong's claim in April 2011, but Cour de Cassation in France dismissed it in April 2011.
Following Sam Rainsy's announcement on July 7, 2013, he would return to Cambodia for the national legislative elections. King Norodom Sihamoni's "defamation" of Hor Namhong had been pardoned and returned to Cambodia on July 19, 2013.
The Cambodian political crisis, which has been ongoing since 2013, was officially ended in a deal between the CPP and the CNRP on July 22, 2014. The opposition also agreed to serve in parliament, bringing an end to the longest political conflict in Cambodian history. In parliament, the CNRP was also given leadership roles, with Kem Sokha as the first vice president of the National Assembly and other politicians as chairing 5 of the ten parliamentary commissions. Rainsy advised the National Assembly to officially recognize an official opposition and call for a complete shadow cabinet. Prime Minister Hun Sen. will debate directly with him, according to the British Westminster system.
The royal pardon that had been promised to Rainsy in 2013 over Hor Namhong's "defamation" was withdrawn on November 13, 2015. He was unanimously dismissed from the National Assembly by the Cambodian People's Party three days later, despite numerous allegations. Under the Khmer Rouge, Sam Rainsy stood by his original assertion that Hor Namhong was to blame for prison deaths. Following a defamation lawsuit filed by parliamentary president Heng Samrin, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court summoned Sam Rainsy in absentia to clarify a statement he posted to his Facebook page on December 1, 2015. Sam Rainsy was summoned back to appear in court for the second time less than two weeks because of his suspected use of a fake map to resolve a border dispute with Vietnam.
Following a proposed amendment by Prime Minister Hun Sen barring innocents from leading a political party, Rainsy resigned as President of the Cambodian National Rescue Party on February 11, 2017. On February 12, his party accepted his resignation. Kem Sokha, his successor as king, was arrested on September 3, 2017 and remains in jail without trial as of March 2018. Sam Rainsy responded by establishing the Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM), which is aimed at putting international pressure on the Hun Sen regime. In February 2018, the United States reported that it was suspending or curtailing services that help the Cambodian military, local government officials, and a large tax authority. In response to the crackdown on the opposition, Germany suspended visas for Cambodian government officials in February 2018. The EU said it was considering targeted measures against Hun Sen Sen's regime in the same month.
In March 2018, Kem Sokha's term of detention without trial was extended for six months, indicating that he will be in jail when the country's national parliamentary elections for July 2018 take place. Hun Sen dismissed Sam Rainsy's call for talks on a way to end the crisis in the same month.
Rainsy declared in August 2019 that he intends to return to Cambodia on Independence Day on September 9th. If he returns on that day, the government announced that they would arrest him. The Cambodian government responded by suing any airline that carried him to Cambodia with "serious consequences." From where he intended to travel to Cambodia by sea, the government of Thailand refused to allow him into Cambodia at the request of Cambodia. Despite having a valid ticket, Sam Rainsy was refused admission on a Thai Airways flight from Paris to Bangkok on November 7, from where he wanted to travel to Cambodia. He said he would find a new way to return to his country.
As a way to restore the global economy, Sam Rainsy advocated for the introduction of immunity passports based on antibody tests.
Following the demolition of a US-built facility at the Ream naval base, Rainsy and the CNRP announced in October 2020 that China's military extensionism, which is expected to include an agreement to install military bases in Cambodia.