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Proeung Chhieng
Proeung ( km, ព្រឿង) is a Khmer name. Notable people with the name include: * Pho Proeung (1903–1975), Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1960 to 1961 * Dy Proeung (born 1930s), Cambodian architect {{given name Khmer-language names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmer Name
Cambodian names (or Khmer names; ) are names used or originating in Cambodia which usually consist of two elements including a patronymic, which serves as a common family name for siblings, followed by a given name (i.e. following the Eastern name order)."Naming systems of the world" (self-published). Citing Huffman, Franklin Eugene ''Cambodian names and titles'' Institute of Far Eastern Languages, (1968). OCLC 20035170. An exampl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pho Proeung
Pho Proeung ( km, ផូ ព្រឿង; 1903–1975) was Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1960 to 1961. He was the Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ... in 1955. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pho, Proeung 1903 births 1975 deaths 20th-century Cambodian politicians Prime Ministers of Cambodia Finance ministers of Cambodia People from Phnom Penh People executed by the Khmer Rouge Mayors of places in Cambodia Grand Crosses of the Order of the White Lion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dy Proeung
Dy Proeung ( km, ឌី ព្រឿង; born 1930s) is a Cambodian architect and sculptor. He is notable for creating scaled-down models of Cambodian temples, most notably Angkor Wat. An article in ''Roads & Kingdoms'' once described Proeung as Cambodia's "Most diligent and heroic architect". Biography Proeung was born in Cambodia (then part of French Indochina) in the 1930s. He grew up in Phnom Penh and was trained as a draftsman. After high-school he attended the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, graduating in 1960. During the 1960s, he worked for the Conservation d’Ankor, an organization that maintained and protected Cambodia's cultural sites. Proeung lived in Siem Reap, and assisted in making drawings of historic sites. He also worked for the French School of the Far East. When the Khmer Rouge rose to power in Cambodia in 1975, the militant communist organization engaged in the widespread killing of intellectuals, including many of Proeung's peers. Proe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
