Nhek Bun Chhay

Leader of the Khmer National United PartyAssumed office
2016Member of ParliamentIn office
2 July 1993 – 28 July 2013ConstituencyBattambang (1993–2008)
Banteay Meanchey (2008–2013)Deputy Prime Minister of CambodiaIn office
16 July 2004 – 24 September 2013MonarchsNorodom Sihanouk
Norodom SihamoniPrime MinisterHun SenSecond Vice President of the SenateIn office
1999–2003PresidentChea Sim Personal detailsBorn1956 (age 67–68)
Battambang, CambodiaPolitical partyKhmer National United PartyOther political
affiliationsFUNCINPEC (until 2016)SpouseSam SopheapAlma materSt. Clements UniversityProfessionPolitician

Nhek Bun Chhay (Khmer: ញឹក ប៊ុនឆៃ; born 1956) is a Cambodian politician and leader of the Khmer National United Party. Prior to his career in the military, he began as a rebel and supported the royalist forces of Funcinpec until he rose to the rank of general.^[1] He began his career as a politician after the downfall of FUNCINPEC and founded his own political party.

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• Leaner Bun Chhay vows to fight on. By Jason Barber. The Phnom Penh Post, 15 August 1997.