Truong Cang

Oknha
Truong Cang
ទ្រឿង កាង
Foreign Minister of Cambodia
In office
1958–1958
Preceded byPenn Nouth
Succeeded bySon Sann
Finance minister of Cambodia
In office
1957–1958
In office
1959–1959
Cambodian Ambassador to China
In office
14 May 1964 – 4 January 1969
Preceded bySisowath Sirik Matak
Succeeded bySamreth Soth
Cambodian permanent representative to the United Nations
In office
1972–1973
Personal details
Born1913
French Cochinchina
Died1984
Paris[1]

Oknha Truong Cang (Khmer: ទ្រឿង កាង, also spelled Troueung Kang;[2] 1913–1984[1]) was a Cambodian politician and diplomat.

Truong Cang was a Khmer Krom.[3] He served as Minister of Finance (1957-1958 and 1959)[1] and foreign minister (1958) of Cambodia.[4] He was also a member of the High Council of the Throne.[5]

With his efforts, International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded ownership of Preah Vihear Temple to Cambodia in 1962.[5][6]

From 1964 to 1969 he was the ambassador to China.[4] In 1967, the Chinese embassy in Cambodia published and distributed Communist propaganda to the Cambodian populace praising the Cultural Revolution, which irritated Norodom Sihanouk. Sihanouk threatened to break off diplomatic relations with China.[7] Truong Cang was about to leave Beijing, but finally was persuaded to stay in China by Chinese premier Zhou Enlai.[8]

From 1972 to 1973 he was the permanent representative to the United Nations.[4]

Truong Cang was regarded as a national hero by Khmer nationalists.[citation needed] In Phnom Penh, Oknya Truong Cang Road was named after him.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b c Samoth, Sakou. Hommes et Histoire du Cambodge (PDF). ISBN 2-9524557-3-2.
  2. ^ Written Record of Interview of CHAN Youran ចាន់ យូរ៉ាន់
  3. ^ Nicholas Tarling (July 2014). Britain and Sihanouk's Cambodia. p. 270. ISBN 9789971697075.
  4. ^ a b c "Index Tj-Tz".
  5. ^ a b "The 50th Anninversary of the return of Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia".
  6. ^ D. H. N. Johnson (1962). "International Court of Justice. Judgments of May 26, 1961, and June 15, 1962. The Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear". The International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 11 (4): 1183–1204. doi:10.1093/iclqaj/11.4.1183. JSTOR 755993.
  7. ^ Cohen, Arthur (9 April 1968). "Intelligence Report–Ten Years of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. ^ "周恩来外交智慧：曾用一番谈话劝止柬埔寨撤回使馆" (in Chinese). 凤凰网.