title: 2019 in Cambodia
text: # 2019 in Cambodia
  
  Events in the year 2019 in Cambodia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Norodom Sihamoni
  * Prime Minister: Hun Sen
  
  ## Events
  
  * 10 March - Prime Minister Hun Sen said that he was considering introducing capital punishment for people who rape children, but he said it would only happen after a nationwide referendum. A couple days after this announcement, Hun Sen shifted his stance.
  * Cambodia Bayon Airlines ceased operation
  
  ### Television
  
  * 10 February – I Can See Your Voice Cambodia first aired.
  
  ### Sport
  
  * February to November – The football tournament 2019 Hun Sen Cup
  * 12 to 28 July – Cambodia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
  * 4 to 13 August – Cambodia at the 2019 World Athletics Championships
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 4 August – Nuon Chea, politician, chief ideologist of Khmer Rouge (b. 1926).
  * 12 September – Bou Thang, politician (b. 1931).
  * 18 November – Norodom Buppha Devi, royal, prima ballerina, and Minister of Culture and Fine Arts (b. 1943).
  