Men Sam An ( km, ម៉ែន សំអន ; born 15 August 1953) is a

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 ...

n politician. She belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Svay Rieng Province in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

in 2003. As of 2009, she serves as permanent

Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia The prime minister of Cambodia ( km, នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីនៃកម្ពុជា, ) is the head of government of Cambodia. The prime minister is also the chairman of the Cabinet and leads the executive branch of the ...

.http://www.ncpd.gov.kh/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=238:.. She is the first female deputy prime minister and four-star general. She joined the army in 1970 during the US-backed

Khmer Republic The Khmer Republic ( km, សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ, ; french: République khmère) was a pro-United States military-led republican government of Cambodia that was formally declared on 9 October 1970. The Khmer Republic wa ...

era, beginning her career as military nurse.

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