Chan Sarun (also known as Ngor Hong Srun; km, ច័ន្ទ សារុន, ; born 18 March 1948) is the former
Cambodia
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n Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. He belongs to the
Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent
Takeo Province Takeo may refer to:
* Takéo Province, a province of Cambodia
**Doun Kaev (town), formerly known as Takéo, the capital of Takéo province
*Ta Keo, an Angkorian temple in Cambodia
*Takeo, Saga, a city in Saga Prefecture, Japan
*Takeo (given name), ...
in the
National Assembly of Cambodia
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The National Assembly is an elec ...
in 2003. The younger brother of the late
Cambodian-American actor
Haing S. Ngor
Haing Somnang Ngor ( Khmer: ហាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ; ; March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American gynecologist, obstetrician, actor and author. He is best remembered for winning the Academy Award for Best Suppor ...
, and also the brother-in-law of the late Chang My-Huoy, Chan is the son of an ethnic
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
father and a
Khmer mother, with ancestry from the
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
of
Meizhou.
References
1948 births
Cambodian people of Chinese descent
Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia)
Living people
Cambodian People's Party politicians
Government ministers of Cambodia
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