Aun Pornmoniroth
Aun Pornmoniroth | |
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អូន ព័ន្ធមុនីរ័ត្ន | |
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Minister of Economy and Finance | |
Assumed office 24 September 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
Preceded by | Keat Chhon |
Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia | |
Assumed office 6 September 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 5 September 2018 | |
Constituency | Kandal |
Majority | 422,253 (75.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 1 October 1965
Nationality | Cambodian |
Political party | Cambodian People's Party |
Alma mater | Moscow State University (MA, PhD) Royal Academy of Cambodia |
Website | Government website |
Aun Pornmoniroth (Khmer: អូន ព័ន្ធមុនីរ័ត្ន; born 1 October 1965) is a Cambodian politician and economist, currently serving as the Minister of Economy and Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.[1] He was the Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister from 1998 to 2013. Before his appointment as minister, he worked in the Ministry of Economy and Finance as Secretary of State. He is also a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kandal Province, first elected in 2018.
Life and career[]
Aun Pornmoniroth was born in 1965 in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. An economist, he has served in the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia since 1994. His first post began in September 1993, as the assistant to Prime Minister Hun Sen until February 1994. In December 1998, he became Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister, with the rank of Secretary of State. On 6 February 1999, he was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Royal School of Administration and the National Bank of Cambodia.
In 2013, he was chosen to succeed outgoing finance minister Keat Chhon and assumed the office on 24 September 2013. Moniroth is also the Chairman of the Supreme National Economic Council (since September 2001).[1]
He has been mentioned as a potential candidate to be prime minister.[2]
Academic achievements[]
Aun Pornmoniroth is a graduate of the Moscow State University where he received a Doctor of Philosophy in social and political sciences. He is fluent in English and Russian.
Awards and honours[]
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- Grand Order of National Merit, February 2010
- Grand Cross of the Order of HM The Queen Kossamak Neariroth, February 2010
- Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sowathara, September 2008
- Grand Officer of the Royal Order of Cambodia, April 2003
References[]
- ^ a b "H.E. Aun Porn Moniroth". Ministry of Economy and Finance. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "PM Successor Poser: Mr Hun Sen hints at Aun Pornmoniroth pick". Khmer Times. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- 1965 births
- 21st-century Cambodian politicians
- Living people
- Government ministers of Cambodia
- Finance ministers of Cambodia
- Cambodian People's Party politicians
- Moscow State University alumni
- People from Phnom Penh
- Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia)