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Biography of H.E. Mr. Prak Sokhon

Name : PRAK Sokhonn

Date of Birth : 03 May 1954

Place of Birth : Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Marital Status : Married with 3 Children

EDUCATION

1972

‐ 1975 : Law Studies in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1989 : Diploma of the International Institute for the Training of

Journalists in Budapest

1993 : Diploma of the International Institute of Public Administration

in Paris (International Relations Section)

2001 : Diploma of the Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies in Paris

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sept. 2013

‐ present : ‐ Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

Vice‐President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim

Assistance Authority (CMAA)

Chairman of the National Coordination Committee for UN‐Peace

Keeping Operations Mission

Dec. 2011

‐ 2012 : ‐ President of the Eleventh Meeting of States Parties to

the Anti

‐personnel Mine Ban Convention (11MSP)

2009

‐ 2013 : ‐ Minister Attached to the Prime Minister

Advisor to the Prime Minister

Secretary of State of the Office of Council of Ministers

Vice‐President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim

Assistance Authority (CMAA)

Chairman of the National Coordination Committee for UN‐Peace

Keeping Operations Mission

2004 :

‐ Advisor to the Prime Minister

Secretary of State of the Office of Council of Ministers

Second Vice‐President of the CMAA

Chairman of the National Coordination Committee for UN‐Peace

Keeping Operations Mission

2003 :

‐ Advisor to the Prime Minister

Deputy Secretary‐General of the Royal Government of Cambodia

1999 : Ambassador to France, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Denmark,

Sweden, Finland, EU and the Office of the UN in Geneva

1993

‐ 1998 : Advisor to the Prime Minister

1993 :

‐ Spokesman of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces,

Chief of the Army's Information Service

1986

‐ 1992 : Deputy Editor‐in‐Chief of the Army Newspaper

1979

‐ 1986 : Journalist of the Army Newspaper

1979 : Entry into Army Service

RANK IN ARMY :

4‐Star General

DECORATIONS :

Medal of National Merit, Mohasereiwaddh of the Kingdom of

Cambodia, Medal of the National Defense and the Protection of

Homeland

LANGUAGES

: Khmer (native), French, English