High Command Headquarters - Royal Cambodian Armed Forces

The Ministry of National Defence ( km, ក្រសួងការពារជាតិ) is charged with supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to

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and the

Royal Cambodian Armed Forces The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF; km, កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ ) is Cambodia's national military force. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief is King Norodom Sihamoni. Since 2018, General Vong Pisen has been ...

. It is Cambodia's

ministry of defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in state ...

. The current Minister of National Defence is

Tea Banh Tea Banh ( km, ទៀ បាញ់ ; born 5 November 1945) is a Cambodian politician who is the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National Defence of Cambodia. He is a former general and a member of the Cambodian People's Party an ...

Administrative areas

The Ministry of National Defence is divided into six administrative areas.Ministry of National Defence, Administrative listings
*High Command Headquarters of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces *Army HQ – Royal Cambodian Army *Navy HQ –

Royal Cambodian Navy The Royal Cambodian Navy ( km, កងទ័ពជើងទឹក, ) is the naval warfare service branch of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and one of the three uniformed services of the Kingdom of Cambodia. It has an estimated of 4,000 acti ...

*Air Force HQ –

Royal Cambodian Air Force The Royal Cambodian Air Force ( km, កងទ័ពជើងអាកាស, Kângtoăp Cheung Akas, ) is the branch of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces which is charged with operating all military aircraft in Cambodia. Organisation The Royal ...

*Gendarmerie HQ – Royal Cambodian Gendarmerie

History

Prior to 1970

Prior to March 1970, the ''Forces armées royales khmères'' (FARK) General Staff was under the command and control of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and the Head of State. At that time, then Prince

Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout h ...

held both titles. The General Staff controlled the three Services with its headquarters also serving as headquarters and staff for the Army.

Football team

The ministry also maintains a

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team. Their club called the

National Defense Ministry FC Royal Cambodian Armed Forces FA ( km, សមាគមកីឡាបាល់ទាត់កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ), also referred to as Tiffy Army for sponsorship reasons, is a Cambodian professional football club ba ...

plays in the top division of Cambodian football, the

C-League The Cambodian Premier League ( km, លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា, ) is the highest professional association football, football division in Cambodia and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian Second League, ...

. They are tied with most Cambodian League Championships at three.

List of ministers

References

External links

Ministry of National DefenceMinistry of National Defence - directory of areas, departments and key personnel
Military of Cambodia

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 ...

Government ministries of Cambodia Ministries established in 1953 1953 establishments in Cambodia {{Cambodia-stub