Aun Pornmoniroth ( km, អូន ព័ន្ធមុនីរ័ត្ន; born 1 October 1965) is a
Cambodia
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n politician and economist, currently serving as the
Minister of Economy and Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.
He was the Economic Adviser to the
Prime Minister
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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
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(MP) for
Kandal Province, first elected in
2018
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.
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
Hun Sen (; km, ហ៊ុន សែន, ; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military commander who has served as the prime minister of Cambodia since 1985. He is the longest-serving head of government of Cambodia, and ...
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
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC; km, ធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា, translit=Thônéakéar Chéatĕ ney Kâmpŭchéa) is the central bank of Cambodia. The bank's duties include, ''inter alia'', the management of m ...
.
In 2013, he was chosen to succeed outgoing finance minister
Keat Chhon
Keat Chhon ( km, គាត ឈន់; born 11 August 1934) is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Phnom Penh in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003. He was the Minister for Econo ...
and assumed the office on 24 September 2013. Moniroth is also the Chairman of the Supreme National Economic Council (since September 2001).
He has been mentioned as a potential candidate to be prime minister.
Academic achievements
Aun Pornmoniroth is a graduate of the
Moscow State University
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where he received a
Doctor of Philosophy
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in social and political sciences. He is fluent in
English
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and
Russian
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.
Awards and honours
*
Grand Order of National Merit
The Grand Order of National Merit ( km, គ្រឿងឥស្សរិយយសជាតូបការ) was founded by King Norodom Sihanouk on 5 October 1995. It is awarded in one class to foreign Heads of State and to Cambodian nationals wh ...
, 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
The Royal Order of Cambodia ( km, គ្រឿងឥស្សរិយយសព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា; french: Ordre royal du Cambodge) was a colonial order of chivalry of French Cambodia, and is still in use ...
, April 2003
References
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1965 births
21st-century Cambodian politicians
Living people
Agriculture ministers
Government ministers of Cambodia
Deputy Prime 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)