Cham Prasidh

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Cham. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Prasidh.
His Excellency
Cham Prasidh
MP
Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation[a]
In office
24 September 2013 – 22 August 2023
Prime MinisterHun Sen
Preceded bySuy Sem, as Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy
Succeeded byHem Vanndy
Further information
Minister of Commerce
In office
24 October 1994 – 24 September 2013
Prime MinisterNorodom Ranariddh
Ung Huot
Hun Sen
Preceded byVar Huot
Succeeded bySun Chanthol
Member of Parliament
for Siem Reap
In office
25 November 1998 – 28 July 2013
Member of Parliament
for Kep
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 September 2013
Majority10,134 (50.72%)
Personal details
Born
Ung You Teckhor

(1951-05-15) 15 May 1951 (age 73)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Political partyCambodian People's Party
SpouseTep Bopha
Alma materUniversity of Phnom Penh

Cham Prasidh (Khmer: ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ; born 15 May 1951) is the Cambodian former Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation.[1][2] His Chinese name is 黃裕德虎.[citation needed] Mr Prasidh previously served as a Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce for 19 years (1994-2013).[citation needed] He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 1993, 1998, and 2003 and was elected to represent Kep Province in 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023 [3]

Cham was born Ung You Teckhor[4] to an ethnic Chinese family who were engaged in Entrepot trade. His father, Ung You Y, served as the member of parliament for Stung Treng province during Lon Nol's regime before the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia.[5]

After the 2013 general elections, the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy was split into two separate ministries: the Ministry of Industry and the Handicrafts and Ministry of Mines and Energy with the reasoning that the scale of work was too big for one ministry to handle.[6] Since March 2020, the ministry was revamped as Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation.


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  1. ^ Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia meet on development triangle
  2. ^ "Ministry changes its name, scope of operations". The Phnom Penh Post. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Election results" Archived June 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.
  4. ^ Gottesman (2004), p. 427
  5. ^ Gottesman (2004), p. 291
  6. ^ Kuch, Naren (November 9, 2013). "Industry Ministry to Be Split, New 'Handicraft' Focus". The Cambodia Daily. Retrieved January 30, 2015.