Ministry of National Defence (Cambodia)
| ក្រសួងការពារជាតិ Krasuong Kapea Cheat | |
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 Ministry headquarters at Phnom Penh | |
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| Formed | 9 November 1953 |
| Jurisdiction |  Royal Government of Cambodia |
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| Annual budget | $245,000,000 (2012) [1] |
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| Website | URL: mod Telegram: Ministry of National Defence on Telegram |
The Ministry of National Defence (Khmer: ក្រសួងការពារជាតិ, Krasuong Kapea Cheat) is charged with supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. It is Cambodia's ministry of defence. The current Minister of National Defence is Tea Seiha.
Administrative areas
The Ministry of National Defence is divided into six administrative areas.[2]
- High Command Headquarters of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
- Army HQ – Royal Cambodian Army
- Navy HQ – Royal Cambodian Navy
- Air Force HQ – Royal Cambodian Air Force
- Gendarmerie HQ – Royal Cambodian Gendarmerie
History
Prior to 1970
Prior to March 1970, the Forces armées royales khmères (FARK) General Staff was under the command and control of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and the Head of State. At that time, then Prince Norodom Sihanouk held both titles. The General Staff controlled the three Services with its headquarters also serving as headquarters and staff for the Army.
Football team
The ministry also maintains a football team. Their club called the National Defense Ministry FC plays in the top division of Cambodian football, the Cambodian Premier League. They are tied with most Cambodian League Championships at three.
Ministers
| Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Notes | |
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| Took office | Left office | |||
| Sisowath Sirik Matak | January 1953[3] | July 1953[3] | ||
| Khim Tit | November 1953[3] | April 1954[3] | ||
| Nhiek Tioulong | April 1954[3] | 1954 | ||
| Ngo Hou | August 1954[3] | January 1955[3] | ||
| San Yun | October 1956[3] | April 1957[3] | ||
| Sisowath Sirik Matak | July 1957[3] | January 1958[3] | ||
| Sim Var | April 1958[3] | June 1958[3] | ||
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Lon Nol លន់ នល់ (1913–1985) |
10 September 1959 | 25 October 1966 | |
| Op Kim Ang | 1966[3] | 1967 | ||
| Duong Sam Ol | May 1967[3] | April 1968[3] | ||
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Lon Nol លន់ នល់ (1913–1985) |
30 April 1968[3] | 1971 | |
| Sisowath Sirik Matak | May 1971[3] | March 1972[3] | ||
| Nginn Thappana | October 1972[3] | December 1974[4] | ||
| Hou Hong | October 1972[4] | ? | ||
| Son Sen សុន សេន (1930–1997) |
15 January 1976 | 7 January 1979 | ||
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Pen Sovan ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ (1936–2016) |
10 January 1979 | 5 December 1981 | |
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Chan Sy ចាន់ ស៊ី (1932–1984) |
June 1981[3] | February 1982[3] | |
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Bou Thang ប៊ូ ថង (1938–2019) |
1982[3] | December 1986[3] | [5] |
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Tea Banh ទៀ បាញ់ (b. 1945) |
August 1988[3] | 1993 | |
| Tea Chamrath | 1993 | 1998 | Co-minister | |
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Tea Banh ទៀ បាញ់ (b. 1945) |
1993[3] | 22 August 2023 | Co-minister |
| Sisowath Sirirath | 1998[3] | 2004[6] | Co-minister | |
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Tea Seiha ទៀ សីហា (b. 1980) |
22 August 2023 | Incumbent | |
References
- ↑ "Cambodia National Defense Budget 2011 |". Retrieved 2013-07-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Ministry of National Defence, Administrative listings Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Corfield, Justin J.; Summers, Laura (2003). Historical dictionary of Cambodia. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4524-5.
- 1 2 "Lon Nol Adviser Selected To Head Defense Ministry". The New York Times. 21 December 1974.
- ↑ Sotheary, Pech (13 September 2019). "Senior CPP member General Bou Thang dies". Khmer Times. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ Noren-Nilsson, Astrid (6 August 2018). "Cambodia's Second Kingdom: Nation, Imagination, and Democracy". Cornell University Press.
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