Royal Academy of Cambodia
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The Royal Academy of Cambodia (hereafter RAC) is the national academy
and university of Cambodia
. RAC was originally established by a Royal Decree of 25 August 1965 and placed under the Office of the Council of Ministers. However, by the time war broke out in Cambodia in 1970 it had still not started operations, and in the following years it disappeared completely amidst the turmoil of the Khmer Rouge period.
Efforts to revive the Royal Academy began in March 1997 with the establishment of the Academy of Cambodian History, later the Academy of History. In 1999 this institution became the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC), with five sub institutes - the Institute of Biology, Medicine and Agriculture, the Institute of Culture and Fine Arts, the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Institute of National Language, and the Institute of Science and Technology.
On July 17, 2009, Lok Chumteav Klot Thida was sworn in as president of the academy. The previous president, Sorn Samnang, now serves as an advisor to the Cambodian government.
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen officially became a member of the Royal Academy of Cambodia in a ceremony held here on April 28.
On April 3, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni appointed Samdech Techo Hun Sen as a full member of the Royal Academy of Cambodia in recognition of his competence in leading the country.
Reestablished in 1999, the Royal Academy of Cambodia, the country’s leading research and training institution, has currently 18 full members.
National academy
A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in...
and university of Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
. RAC was originally established by a Royal Decree of 25 August 1965 and placed under the Office of the Council of Ministers. However, by the time war broke out in Cambodia in 1970 it had still not started operations, and in the following years it disappeared completely amidst the turmoil of the Khmer Rouge period.
Efforts to revive the Royal Academy began in March 1997 with the establishment of the Academy of Cambodian History, later the Academy of History. In 1999 this institution became the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC), with five sub institutes - the Institute of Biology, Medicine and Agriculture, the Institute of Culture and Fine Arts, the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Institute of National Language, and the Institute of Science and Technology.
On July 17, 2009, Lok Chumteav Klot Thida was sworn in as president of the academy. The previous president, Sorn Samnang, now serves as an advisor to the Cambodian government.
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen officially became a member of the Royal Academy of Cambodia in a ceremony held here on April 28.
On April 3, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni appointed Samdech Techo Hun Sen as a full member of the Royal Academy of Cambodia in recognition of his competence in leading the country.
Reestablished in 1999, the Royal Academy of Cambodia, the country’s leading research and training institution, has currently 18 full members.