Ieu Pannakar
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Ieu Pannakar is a Cambodia
n film director and senator. Among the first Cambodians to study film making, he is one of Cambodia's pioneering film directors. He is a co-founder (with fellow Cambodian director Rithy Panh
) of Bophana: The Audio-Visual Resource Center - Cambodia. Pannaker serves as honorary president of Bophana's oversight organisation, the , or .
Pannaker serves in the Senate of Cambodia
, as a nominee of King Norodom Sihamoni
. He has also headed the cinematic division of the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. Pannaker's father Ieu Koeus
, who is deceased, was briefly Prime Minister of Cambodia. He held office for nine days in 1949.
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
n film director and senator. Among the first Cambodians to study film making, he is one of Cambodia's pioneering film directors. He is a co-founder (with fellow Cambodian director Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh is an internationally and critically acclaimed Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter.The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia...
) of Bophana: The Audio-Visual Resource Center - Cambodia. Pannaker serves as honorary president of Bophana's oversight organisation, the , or .
Pannaker serves in the Senate of Cambodia
Senate of Cambodia
The Senate of Cambodia is the upper house of the Parliament of Cambodia.According to the , The Senate is a body that has legislative power and performs its duties as determined in the constitution and law. The Senate consists of 58 members that the number of which does not exceed half of all of...
, as a nominee of King Norodom Sihamoni
Norodom Sihamoni
Norodom Sihamoni is the current reigning King of Cambodia. He is the eldest son of Norodom Sihanouk and Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Previously Cambodia's ambassador to UNESCO, he was named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 2004...
. He has also headed the cinematic division of the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. Pannaker's father Ieu Koeus
Ieu Koeus
Ieu Koeus served as Prime Minister of Cambodia for nine days in September 1949.Considered an intellectual, he was instrumental in the formation of the Cambodian Democratic Party in April 1946, created a self-declared government on September 20, 1949, was replaced by Yem Sambaur on September...
, who is deceased, was briefly Prime Minister of Cambodia. He held office for nine days in 1949.