Chheng Phon | |
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| ឆេង ផុន | |
| Minister of Culture and Fine Arts | |
| In office 1982–1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Heng Samrin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1930 Kampong Cham province, Cambodia |
| Died | December 22, 2016 Ta Khmau, Kandal province, Cambodia |
| Political party | Cambodian People's Party |
| Relations | Phoeurng Sackona is Chheng Phon’s daughter-in-law |
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| Website | Government website |
Chheng Phon, was born in 1930 in the Kompong Cham province and died on December 22, 2016, was a Cambodian artist who served as Minister of Information and Culture in the early 1990s, who is remembered as a "prominent dramatist and professor of Cambodia"[1] as well as a "visionary of formidable knowledge, dedication, and energy" who has devoted a lifetime to preserving and nurturing Cambodian culture.[2]