Honorific-Prefix: | General Samdech Pichey Sena |
Tea Banh | |
Native Name: | ទៀ បាញ់ |
Honorific-Suffix: | NM MP |
Office: | Minister of National Defence |
Primeminister: | Hun Sen Norodom Ranariddh Ung Huot Hun Sen |
Term Start: | 1987 |
Term End: | 22 August 2023 |
Office1: | Vice President of the Cambodian People's Party |
President1: | Hun Sen |
Alongside1: | Say Chhum, Sar Kheng and Men Sam An |
Term Start1: | 24 December 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Hun Sen (2015) |
Office2: | Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia |
Primeminister2: | Hun Sen |
Term Start2: | 16 July 2004 |
Term End2: | 22 August 2023 |
Office4: | Minister of Transport Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
Primeminister4: | Chan Sy Hun Sen |
Term Start4: | 1982 |
Term End4: | 1987 |
Office5: | Member of Parliament for Siem Reap |
Term Start5: | 14 June 1993 |
Majority5: | 52,356 (13.24%) |
Birth Name: | Tea Sangvan |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1945 |
Birth Place: | Kampot Province, Cambodia, French Indochina (in present-day Koh Kong Province, Cambodia) |
Party: | Cambodian People's Party |
Spouse: | Tao Toeun (m. 1975) |
Relatives: | Tea Vinh (brother) |
Profession: | Politician |
Rank: | General |
Branch: | Royal Cambodian Army |
Allegiance: | Cambodia |
Serviceyears: | 1962–present |
Commands: | National Committee for Maritime Security |
Battles: | Cambodian Civil War |
Tea Banh (Central Khmer: ទៀ បាញ់ in Central Khmer pronounced as /tiə ɓaɲ/; born 5 November 1945)[1] is a Cambodian politician and general. He was a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National Defence of Cambodia from 1987 until 2023.[2] He is a former general and a member of the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in the 2003 elections.[3] He was succeeded as defence minister by his eldest son Tea Seiha.
Banh, whose birth name was "Tea Sangvan" later changed to Thai name, Sangvan Hin-kling (Thai: สังวาลย์ หินกลิ้ง) and "Tea Banh" in last,[4] is of Sino-Thai descent. His father, a Thai-Chinese, was named Tea Toek (Thai: เต็ก;) and his mother Nou Peng Chenda (Thai: หนู เพ่งจินดา;), was an ethnic Thai.[5] [6] Banh married Tao Toeun (Thai: เตือนใจ ธรรมเกษร;), who is also an ethnic Thai, in 1975. They have three children, including Tea Seiha (also spelt Tea Seyha), the governor of Siem Reap province.[7] Banh's brother Tea Vinh is the commander of the Royal Cambodian Navy.