Cambodian Minister of Culture during the Kampuchea
His Excellency
Chheng Phon
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
Profession
Academic
politician
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]
^"Presentation of Chheng Phon". Fukuoka Prize. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
^"Flowers in the Forest: A Talk with Chheng Phon, Minister of Information and Culture". www.culturalsurvival.org. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
ChhengPhon, 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...
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the Cambodian ruling party and the opposition. Since the departure of ChhengPhon who passed away in 2016, dissatisfaction had grown against the independence...
won the Grand Prize of Fukuoka Prize, the second Khmer person after ChhengPhon in 1997 to win the prize. Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays...
2002, he was awarded the title of National Hero for Cambodian Arts. ChhengPhon "ព្រឹទ្ធាចារ្យពេជ្រ ទុំក្រវិល បានទទួលមរណភាពក្នុងជន្មាយុ៧២ឆ្នាំ ដោយរោគាពាធ"...
com/cambodia/phnom-penh/attractions/killing-fields-of-choeung-ek/a/poi-sig/441632/355881 Phon Kaseka. "Choeung Ek archaeological site: The priceless cultural resource...
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