Mu Sochua

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mu Sochua
Occupation	Human Rights Activist
Date Of Birth	May 15, 1954(1954-05-15)
Age	70
Birthplace	Phnom Penh
Country	Cambodia
Horoscope	Taurus

Mu Sochua Biography

Mu Sochua is one of the most popular and richest Human Rights Activist who was born on May 15, 1954 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Sochua was born in Phnom Penh to a Sino Khmer father (Chinese Name：莫子凯) and a Sino Khmer mother (Chinese Name：沈珊) and received her early education at the French Lycee. In 1972, Sochua’s parents sent her to Paris for further studies. A year later, she relocated to San Francisco to join her brother there. When the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia in 1975, her parents vanished. Sochua would remain in exile for the next 18 years. While Sochua was in the US, she earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of California, Berkeley before returning to Cambodia to help rebuild a society shattered by war. Between 1975 and 1981, she was also the President of the Cambodian community in San Francisco. She joined politics in 1995 as a women’s rights activist, citing then U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton as her inspiration.

Sochua was married in 1984 to an American Scott Leiper, and is a mother of three daughters, including women’s rights activist, Devi Leiper O’Malley. Scott Leiper died in 2016. Sochua lived in the United States for 18 years and attended university there. She also reportedly lost her ability to speak formal Khmer, having left her home country for almost two decades. She holds American dual citizenship.

Mu Sochua Net Worth

Mu Sochua is one of the richest Human Rights Activist from Cambodia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mu Sochua 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mu Sochua (Khmer: មូរ សុខហួ ; born 15 May 1954) is a Cambodian politician and rights activist. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Battambang from 2013 to 2017, a seat which she previously held from 1998 to 2003. She was a member and Vice President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) until its dissolve, and previously a member of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) prior to its merger with the Human Rights Party. As a member of FUNCINPEC, she also served as Minister of Women and Veterans’ Affairs in Hun Sen’s coalition government from 1998 to 2004. She is currently one of 118 senior opposition figures serving a five-year ban from politics following a court ruling on 16 November 2017.

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Who is Mu Sochua Dating?

According to our records, Mu Sochua married to Scott Leiper (m. 1983). As of December 1, 2023, Mu Sochua’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2006, Sochua was awarded the Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award from the University of California, Berkeley for distinguished record of service in Cambodia and an Honorary PhD in Law from the University of Guelph, Canada.

Facts & Trivia

Na Ranked on the list of most popular Human Rights Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cambodia. Mu Sochua celebrates birthday on May 15 of every year.

At a press conference held on 23 April 2009, Mu Sochua announced she would file a defamation complaint against Cambodian prime Minister Hun Sen with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. “I have nothing against Samdech the Prime Minister. As a Member of Parliament, I respect him. But the words of Samdech the Prime Minister said in public affect my honour and my dignity as a Khmer woman. With this complaint, I only want justice and honour, as a Khmer woman”, Sochua said. She added that she only claimed a 500-riel (0.12 dollar) compensation as a token, and a public apology on the part of the head of government.