Nhek Bun Chhay | |
Office: | Leader of the Khmer National United Party |
Term Start: | 2016 |
Office1: | Member of Parliament |
Constituency1: | Battambang (1993–2008) Banteay Meanchey (2008–2013) |
Term Start1: | 2 July 1993 |
Term End1: | 28 July 2013 |
Office2: | Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia |
Monarch2: | Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihamoni |
Primeminister2: | Hun Sen |
Term Start2: | 16 July 2004 |
Term End2: | 24 September 2013 |
Office3: | Second Vice President of the Senate |
President3: | Chea Sim |
Term Start3: | 1999 |
Term End3: | 2003 |
Birth Place: | Battambang, Cambodia |
Party: | Khmer National United Party |
Spouse: | Sam Sopheap |
Alma Mater: | St. Clements University |
Profession: | Politician |
Native Name Lang: | km |
Nhek Bun Chhay (Central Khmer: ញឹក ប៊ុនឆៃ; born 1956) is a Cambodian politician and leader of the Khmer National United Party. Prior to his career in the military, he began as a rebel and supported the royalist forces of Funcinpec until he rose to the rank of general.[1] He began his career as a politician after the downfall of FUNCINPEC and founded his own political party.