Chan Sarun | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 30 November 1998 – 23 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
| Succeeded by | Ouk Rabun |
| Member of Parliament for Takéo | |
| Assumed office 27 September 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 March 1948 |
| Political party | Cambodian People's Party |
| Relations | Haing S. Ngor (older brother) Chang My-Huoy (sister-in-law) |
Chan Sarun (also known as Ngor Hong Srun; Khmer: ច័ន្ទ សារុន, Chinese: 吳和順; born 18 March 1948)[1][2] is the former Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.[3] He belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Takeo Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.[4] The younger brother of the late Cambodian-American actor Haing S. Ngor, and also the brother-in-law of the late Chang My-Huoy,[5] Chan is the son of an ethnic Chinese father and a Khmer mother,[6][7] with ancestry from the Hakka of Meizhou.[8]