Cham Prasidh

Cham Prasidh (Khmer: ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ; born 15 May 1951) is the Cambodian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation.[1][2] His Chinese name is 黃裕德虎. Mr Prasidh previously served as a Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce for 15 years. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.[3]

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Cham. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Prasidh.
His Excellency

Cham Prasidh

MP
Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation
Assumed office
30 March 2020
Prime MinisterHun Sen
Preceded byHimself, as Minister of Industry and Handicrafts
Further information
Minister of Industry and Handicrafts
In office
24 September 2013 – 30 March 2020
Prime MinisterHun Sen
Preceded bySuy Sem, as Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy
Succeeded byHimself, as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
Minister of Commerce
In office
24 October 1994 – 24 September 2013
Prime MinisterNorodom Ranariddh
Ung Huot
Hun Sen
Preceded byVar Huot
Succeeded bySun Chanthol
Member of Parliament
for Siem Reap
In office
25 November 1998 – 28 July 2013
Member of Parliament
for Kep
Assumed office
23 September 2013
Majority10,134 (50.72%)
Personal details
Born
Ung You Teckhor

(1951-05-15) 15 May 1951
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Political partyCambodian People's Party
Spouse(s)Tep Bopha
Alma materUniversity of Phnom Penh

Cham was born Ung You Teckhor[4] 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 Lon Nol's regime before the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia.[5]

After the 2013 general elections, the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy was split into two separate ministries: the Ministry of Industry and the Handicrafts and Ministry of Mines and Energy with the reasoning that the scale of work was too big for one ministry to handle.[6]

Notes
  1. Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia meet on development triangle
  2. "Ministry changes its name, scope of operations". The Phnom Penh Post. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. "Election results" Archived June 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.
  4. Gottesman (2004), p. 427
  5. Gottesman (2004), p. 291
  6. Kuch, Naren (November 9, 2013). "Industry Ministry to Be Split, New 'Handicraft' Focus". The Cambodia Daily. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

References
  • Gottesman, Evans R., Cambodia After the Khmer Rouge: Inside the Politics of Nation Building, Silkworm Books, 2004, ISBN 974-9575-52-0
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