Mu Sochua

Mu Sochua
មូរ សុខហួ
Sochua in 2018
Vice President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party
In office 2 March 2017 – 16 November 2017
President	Kem Sokha
Preceded by	Kem Sokha
Succeeded by	Party dissolved
Member of Parliament for Battambang
In office 5 August 2014 – 16 November 2017
In office 25 November 1998 – 27 July 2003
Member of Parliament for Kampot
In office 24 September 2008 – 28 July 2013
Minister of Women's and Veterans' Affairs
In office 30 November 1998 – 15 July 2004
Prime Minister	Hun Sen
Succeeded by	Ing Kuntha Phavi
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-15) 15 May 1954 (age 70) Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Citizenship	Cambodia United States[1]
Political party	Cambodia National Rescue Party (2012–17) Sam Rainsy Party (2004–12) FUNCINPEC (1989–2004)
Spouse	Scott Leiper ​ ​ (m. 1984; died 2016)​
Children	3
Residence(s)	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Alma mater	San Francisco State University (BA)[2] University of California, Berkeley (MSW)[3]
Awards	Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights
Website	sochua.wordpress.com

Mu Sochua (Khmer: មូរ សុខហួ; born 15 May 1954) is a Cambodian politician and rights activist. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Battambang from 2013 to 2017, a seat which she previously held from 1998 to 2003. She was a member and Vice President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) until its dissolution, and previously a member of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) prior to its merger with the Human Rights Party. As a member of FUNCINPEC, she also served as Minister of Women and Veterans' Affairs in Hun Sen's coalition government from 1998 to 2004. She is currently one of 118 senior opposition figures serving a five-year ban from politics following a court ruling on 16 November 2017.^[4]