Hor Nambora (or Nam Bora, born 27 July 1957) is the

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Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

to the

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, the

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and

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. His father is Cambodian diplomat and politician

Hor Namhong Hor Namhong ( km, ហោ ណាំហុង; born 15 November 1935) is a Cambodian diplomat who served in the government of Cambodia as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2016. He is a member of the Cambodian P ...

. Living as an exile in Paris, Nambora was studying physics and mathematics but earned no any degree. Believing they represented a fresh hope for the war-torn country, Nambora returned to Cambodia where he was immediately interned in a

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where his father Hor Namhong served as a chief of Being Trabek Prison. He worked as a researcher at the

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum ( km, សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង) or simply Tuol Sleng ( km, ទួលស្លែង, link=no, ; lit. "Hill of ...

from 1980 to 1985 and as director of the Humanitarian Relief Committee in Kompong Som Port from 1986 to 1987. In 1988 he joined the Foreign Ministry and within a few years was appointed to posts in

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and then with the

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. In 1996 Nambora returned to Cambodia to enter politics, accepting the titles of Under-secretary of State and Foreign Affairs Adviser from 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 o ...

. In 1999 he, with help of his father Hor Namhong, returned to diplomacy when he was appointed ambassador to

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and

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. Nambora used his position there to improve ties between

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leaders and those countries. In 2004 he was transferred to

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when he was appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom,

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and

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. He became the first Cambodian ambassador to the United Kingdom since the embassy was abandoned in 1975. In 2011 the ambassadorship to

was added to his responsibilities.

Awards and honours

In 2002 he was awarded the 'Citizen of Humanity' award by Australia's National Committee on Human Rights Education. In 2007 he became a Commander of the Royal Order of Cambodia and in 2010 a Grand Officer of the same order.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hor, Nambora Living people 1957 births Ambassadors of Cambodia to Australia Ambassadors of Cambodia to Denmark Ambassadors of Cambodia to Ethiopia Ambassadors of Cambodia to Finland Ambassadors of Cambodia to Ireland Ambassadors of Cambodia to New Zealand Ambassadors of Cambodia to Norway Ambassadors of Cambodia to Sweden Ambassadors of Cambodia to the United Kingdom