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 (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]

References

  1. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cambodia.html Cambodia
  2. http://rulers.org/indexc2.html Biographical entry at rulers.org