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The Royal Council of the Throne of Cambodia (Khmer: ក្រុមប្រឹក្សារាជបល្ល័ង្ក) is a nine-member council of Cambodia responsible for selecting the Cambodian monarch. It was established by the constitution on September 24, 1993. The nine members of the council include the Prime Minister, President of the National Assembly, President of the Senate, First and Second Vice Presidents of the National Assembly, First and Second Vice Presidents of the Senate, and the two heads of the order of Mahanikay and Thammayut (Tep Vong and Bour Kry). The council has been inactive since its establishment in 1993, it was active only in October 2004 when it named Norodom Sihamoni as the new king. The voting is conducted through a secret ballot by the nine members.