Chan Nak Explained

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 (km|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,[2] the Interior Minister from 1953 to 1954 and the Information Minister from 1953 to 1954.[3]

References

  1. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cambodia.html Cambodia
  2. Book: Corfield . Justin J. . Summers . Laura . Historical dictionary of Cambodia . 2003 . Scarecrow Press . Lanham, Md . 0-8108-4524-5.
  3. http://rulers.org/indexc2.html Biographical entry at rulers.org