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
