Chan Nak | |
Native Name: | Central Khmer: ចាន់ ណាក់ |
Office: | Prime Minister of Cambodia |
Term Start: | 23 November 1953 |
Term End: | 7 April 1954 |
Successor: | Norodom Sihanouk |
Office1: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start1: | 1945 |
Term End1: | 1946 |
Primeminister1: | Sisowath Monireth |
Office2: | Minister of Interior |
Term Start2: | 1953 |
Term End2: | 1954 |
Office3: | Minister of Information |
Term Start3: | 1953 |
Term End3: | 1954 |
Birth Date: | 27 May 1892 |
Birth Place: | Phnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indochina |
Chan Nak (Central Khmer: ចាន់ ណាក់; 27 May 1892 – 7 November 1954) was a Cambodian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1953 to 1954.[1] He was the second prime minister of an independent Cambodia, following Penn Nouth.
Before being appointed the prime minister, Nak served as the Minister of Justice in 1945, 1945–1946 and 1950, the Interior Minister from 1953–1954 and the Information Minister from 1953 to 1954.[2]