Royal Council of the Throne

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The Royal Council of the Throne is a Cambodian constitutional body responsible for selecting and appointing the country’s monarch.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Royal Council of the Throne canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional body ⓘ
electoral college ⓘ
composition nine members ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Chapter II of the Constitution of Cambodia ⓘ
constitutionalStatus permanent body ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
decisionRule two-thirds majority required to elect king ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion Buddhist faith of candidate ⓘ
Cambodian parentage of candidate ⓘ
establishedIn 1993 ⓘ
function ensure continuity of the Cambodian monarchy ⓘ
governmentBranch monarchy of Cambodia ⓘ
hasVotingMembers nine ⓘ
headOfStateSelected King of Cambodia ⓘ
jurisdiction Cambodia ⓘ
kingTitleSelected Preah Karuna Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath ⓘ
language Khmer ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Cambodia ⓘ
meetsAt Phnom Penh ⓘ
meetsWhen upon vacancy of the throne ⓘ
memberIncludes First Vice President of the National Assembly of Cambodia ⓘ
First Vice President of the Senate of Cambodia ⓘ
President of the National Assembly of Cambodia ⓘ
President of the Senate of Cambodia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Cambodia ⓘ
Second Vice President of the National Assembly of Cambodia ⓘ
Second Vice President of the Senate of Cambodia ⓘ
Supreme Patriarch of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order ⓘ
Supreme Patriarch of the Mahanikaya order ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage km ⓘ
notableSelection Norodom Sihamoni ⓘ
notableSelectionYear 2004 ⓘ
partOf political system of Cambodia ⓘ
politicalRepresentation executive branch leaders ⓘ
legislative branch leaders ⓘ
religiousRepresentation Buddhist clergy ⓘ
replaces hereditary succession in Cambodia ⓘ
responsibleTo Constitution of Cambodia ⓘ
role appointing the King of Cambodia ⓘ
selecting the King of Cambodia ⓘ
selectionFrequency convenes only when throne is vacant ⓘ
selectionMethod elects king by secret ballot ⓘ
selectionScope throne of Cambodia ⓘ
selectsFrom male descendants of King Ang Duong ⓘ
members of the royal family aged at least 30 ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy elective monarchy ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King of Cambodia → appointedBy → Royal Council of the Throne ⓘ
King of Cambodia → associatedInstitution → Royal Council of the Throne ⓘ