Nhek Bun Chhay ( km, ញឹក ប៊ុនឆៃ; born 1956) 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 and leader of the

Khmer National United Party The Khmer National United Party (KNUP; km, គណបក្សខ្មែររួបរួមជាតិ, , UNGEGN: , ) is a Cambodian political party founded in February 2016 by Nhek Bun Chhay and former members of FUNCINPEC. The party is o ...

. Prior to his career in the military, he began as a rebel and supported the royalist forces of

Funcinpec The National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia,; french: Front uni national pour un Cambodge indépendant, neutre, pacifique et coopératif commonly referred to as FUNCINPEC,, ; is a royalist politic ...

until he rose to the rank of general. He began his career as a politician after the downfall of

and founded his own political party.

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Leaner Bun Chhay vows to fight on
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The Phnom Penh Post ''The Phnom Penh Post'' ( km, ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍, ) is a daily English-language newspaper published in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Founded in 1992 by publisher Michael Hayes and Kathleen O'Keefe, it is Cambodia's oldest En ...

'', 15 August 1997. Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia) FUNCINPEC politicians People from Battambang province Living people 1958 births {{Cambodia-politician-stub