Honorific-Prefix: | Her Excellency |
Men Sam An | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office2: | Minister of National Assembly–Senate Relations and Inspection |
Term Start2: | 16 July 2004 |
Primeminister2: | Hun Sen |
Term End2: | 22 August 2023 |
Successor2: | Huot Hak |
Term Start3: | 14 June 1993 |
Office1: | Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia |
Term Start1: | 25 September 2008 |
Term End1: | 22 August 2023 |
Primeminister1: | Hun Sen |
Office: | Vice President of the Cambodian People's Party |
Term Start: | 24 December 2021 |
Predecessor: | Hun Sen |
President: | Hun Sen |
Alongside: | Say Chhum, Sar Kheng and Tea Banh |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1953 |
Birth Place: | Sambour, Kratié, Cambodia, French Indochina |
Party: | Cambodian People's Party |
Nationality: | Cambodian |
Allegiance: | Cambodia |
Branch: | Royal Cambodian Army |
Serviceyears: | 1970–present[1] |
Battles: | Cambodian Civil War |
Men Sam An (Central Khmer: ម៉ែន សំអន, UNGEGN: in Central Khmer pronounced as /maen sɑmʔɑːn/; born 15 August 1953) is a Cambodian politician. She belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Svay Rieng Province in the National Assembly in 2003.[2]
As of 2009, she serves as permanent Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia.[3] She is the first female deputy prime minister and four-star general.[1] She joined the army in 1970 during the US-backed Khmer Republic era, beginning her career as military nurse.