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]