Resigned November 30, 1998 Preceded by Norodom Sirivudh Party Funcinpec Party | Role Politician Name Ung Huot | |
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Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddhhimself Similar People Norodom Suramarit, Norodom Sihanouk, Sisowath of Cambodia, Norodom Sihamoni, Jayavarman VIII | ||
Cambodia ung huot formally appointed as hun sen s co premier
Ung Huot (Khmer: អ៊ឹង ហួត; born 1 January 1945) is a Cambodian politician who served from 1997 to 1998 as Prime Minister of Cambodia, alongside Hun Sen. A member of the Funcinpec Party, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. He later established the Rastra Niyum Party but failed to gain any seats in parliament in 1998.
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- Cambodia ung huot formally appointed as hun sen s co premier
- Cambodia us government delegation meets co premier ung huot
- Life and career
- References
Cambodia us government delegation meets co premier ung huot
Life and career
Ung Huot was born in 1945 in Kandal Province. He studied accounting and finance and was awarded a scholarship to study in Australia in 1971, as Cambodia's civil war was beginning. He settled in Melbourne and proclaimed himself a leader of the Cambodian expatriate committee in that city. He moved back to Cambodia in 1991 as the communist government was falling, and became a high-ranking official in the Funcinpec party. He became the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, and in 1994 he left that post to become foreign minister.
In July 1997, Funcinpec leader Norodom Ranariddh, who was serving as first prime minister, was deposed by second prime minister Hun Sen of Funcinpec's rival and coalition partner, the Cambodian People's Party. Hun invited Ung to become first prime minister to replace Ranariddh. Ranariddh's father, King Norodom Sihanouk at first refused to recognize the arrangement, but Ung became first prime minister in August 1997 after being elected by Parliament. Many, particularly within Funcinpec, accused Ung of being a puppet, and he was forced to leave Funcinpec and form his own party, the Reastr-Niyum Party (Populist Party). In the 1998 elections, the Reastr-Niyum Party did not gain any seats in Parliament, and Ung was forced to resign from the posts of first prime minister and foreign minister, leaving Hun to be the sole prime minister.