Sok An

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sok An
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 16, 1950(1950-04-16)
Age	74
Date Of Death	March 15, 2017, Beijing, China
Country	Cambodia
Horoscope	Aries

Sok An Biography

Sok An is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 16, 1950 in Cambodia.

An completed his secondary education in 1967, becoming a high school teacher and in 1969 was appointed as principal of a high school in Kirivong. He pursued higher education at the École Normale Supérieure in Phnom Penh, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Geography, History and Sociology in

1972. In 1972, he earned a High Diploma in Pedagogy. From 1973-75, he attended a high-ranking official training program in Diplomacy at the National School of Administration. In 2006, he was conferred an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Political Science from The University of Cambodia.

In 1980, An served as personal secretary to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hun Sen. In 1981, he was named Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1983, as Secretary-General of the Cambodian National Peace Council. In 1985, he was posted as Cambodia’s Ambassador to India and, on his return to Cambodia in 1988, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Sok An Net Worth

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

Samdech Vibol Panha Sok An (Khmer: សម្តេចវិបុលបញ្ញា សុខ អាន ; 16 April 1950 – 15 March 2017) was a Cambodian academic and politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Office of the Council of Ministers from 2004 to his death, and started serving in the Cabinet in 1993. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Takéo and a member of the central committee of the Cambodian People’s Party.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Sok An Dating?

According to our records, Sok An married to Theng Ay Annie. As of December 1, 2023, Sok An’s is not dating anyone.

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As Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers, he had responsibility for a number of areas. He chaired the Accreditation Committee of Cambodia, a body created in 2003 with the support of the World Bank to reform and standardize the educational sector at graduate and post-graduate levels in Cambodia, as well as to initiate curriculum of the one-year foundation studies for university students. As Chairman of the Council of the Board of Engineers of Cambodia he led the organization through the current period of increasing prosperity in Cambodia. In late October 2012, the Council of the Board of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (AFEO) conferred upon him the AFEO Distinguished Honorary Fellow.

Facts & Trivia

Igor Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cambodia. Sok An celebrates birthday on April 16 of every year.

In September 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, he was unanimously elected to the new position of Vice-President of the Standing Committee and then later in 2015, in Vladivostok, he was elected as the Chairman of the ICAPP Cultural Council. In 2013, during the 4th General Assembly of Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI) in Indonesia, he was named as Senior Vice President of CAPDI.

What is Sok Khmer?

Sok An, known as the “ minister of many arms ,” was a close ally of Prime Minister Hun Sen since the 1980s and served for almost four decades in post- Khmer Rouge governments. He died in a hospital in Beijing at 6:32 pm on Wednesday, according to the CPP sources.

Is Sok Cambodian?

Samdech Vibol Panha Sok An was born in Kampong village, Preah Bat Chuan Chum commune, Kirivong district, Takeo province to a Hakka Chinese Cambodian family.

Is Sok a Korean last name?

Sok is a fairly common surname and can be found throughout the Korean peninsula.

What nationality is the name Sok?

Meaning and Origin of: Sok Korean (Sŏk) : there are three Chinese characters for this surname. One of these is so rare that it does not warrant treatment here. One of the remaining two characters is used by the Wŏlsŏng (or Kyŏngju) Sŏk clan, which provided the Shilla kingdom with eight of its 56 kings.

What does the surname Sok mean?

Sok is a Chinese surname that can be spelled in 2 different ways in Chinese: 束 [Shu / Sok] Meaning: to bind, bunch, bundle, classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc, to control.