Norodom Chantaraingsey
Norodom Chantaraingsey | |
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នរោត្ដម ចន្ទរង្សី | |
 Norodom Chantaraingsey in military uniform | |
| Born | 1924 or 1926 |
| Died | 1975 or 1976 |
| Relatives | House of Norodom |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Khmer Issarak Khmer National Liberation Committee Khmer Republic(from 1970) |
Branch | Khmer Issarak Khmer National Liberation Committee Khmer National Armed Forces (from 1970) |
Service years | 1940’s – 1975/1976 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
| Commands | 13th Brigade (FANK), Commander Military Region II (FANK), Lieutenant Governor of Kirirom Province. |
| Known for | Prince of the Cambodian royal family, Leader of non-communist Khmer Issarak |
Conflicts | World War II First Indochina War Cambodian Civil War |
Prince Norodom Chantaraingsey (Khmer: នរោត្ដម ចន្ទរង្សី, 1924 or 1926 – c. 1976) was a member of the Cambodian royal family and a Cambodian nationalist. Initially a leader of the guerrilla resistance against the colonial French, he went on to become a prominent general in the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) during the Cambodian Civil War, as well as a businessman and occasional writer.
Chantaraingsey is thought to have been killed fighting the Khmer Rouge in either 1975 or 1976. However, his exact date of death remains unknown.