Cham Prasidh

This is a Cambodian name; the family name is Cham.
Cham Prasidh
Minister of Industry and Handicrafts
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 September 2013
Prime Minister Hun Sen
Preceded by Suy Sem
Minister of Commerce
In office
30 November 1998 – 24 September 2013
Prime Minister Hun Sen
Succeeded by Sun Chanthol
Member of Parliament
for Siem Reap
In office
1998–2003
Personal details
Born Ung You Teckhor
May 16, 1951
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Political party Cambodian People's Party
Spouse(s) Tep Bopha
Alma mater University of Phnom Penh
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Cham Prasidh (Khmer: ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ; born May 16, 1951 in Phnom Penh) is the Cambodian Minister of Industry and Handicrafts.[1] He previously served as a Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce for 15 years. He belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.[2]

Cham was born Ung You Teckhor[3] to an ethnic Chinese family who were engaged in Entrepot trade. His father, Ung You Y, served as the member of parliament for Stung Treng province during the Lon Nol's regime before the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia.[4]

After the 2013 general elections, the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy was split into two separate ministries: Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts and Ministry of Mines and Energy based on the reason that the scale of work was too big for one ministry to handle.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia meet on development triangle
  2. ↑ "Election results". Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.
  3. ↑ Gottesman (2004), p. 427
  4. ↑ Gottesman (2004), p. 291
  5. ↑ Kuch, Naren (November 9, 2013). "Industry Ministry to Be Split, New ‘Handicraft’ Focus". The Cambodia Daily. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

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