relations party nationality office birth_date term_start spouse article_title name nominator
ieu koeus -lrb- father -rrb- independent cambodian member of the senate 21 february 1931 march 25 , 1999 oum sophanith ieu pannakar
 ieu pannakar norodom sihanouk
ieu pannakar

ieu pannakar -lrb- ; born february 21 , 1931 -rrb- is a cambodian 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 -lrb- with fellow cambodian director rithy panh -rrb- 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 .
