Hor Namhong

Biography

After studying at the Royal School of Administration, which he finished with a degree in diplomacy, he entered the diplomatic service. Between 1967 and 1973 he worked at the embassy in France. During this time he also studied law at the University of Paris and graduated with a Master of Laws from. In addition, he completed post-graduate studies at the Institute for Advanced International Studies of the University of Paris.

In 1973 he was appointed ambassador to Cuba. In 1975 he returned to Cambodia, where he joined to 1979 the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot. After the invasion of Vietnamese troops, however, he joined the new government under Prime Minister Heng Samrin and was appointed by the latter to the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and thus the representative of the current Prime Minister Hun Sen. In 1982, his appointment as ambassador to the Soviet Union. This office he held until 1989. After that, he was first minister of the Council of Ministers of Foreign and then from 1990 to 1993 Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. During this time he was also, until 1991 one of the main negotiator in the peace talks that ultimately the Cambodian conflict with the Paris Peace Treaty of 23 October 1991. ended. From 1991 to 1993 he was also a member of the Supreme National Council of Cambodia.

After the first free elections in 1993, which led to the weakening of the position, Hun Sen, he retired from the government and is appointed ambassador to France as King of Cambodia in September 1993 after the re- coronation of Norodom Sihanouk.

Upon his return to Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen appointed him on 30 November 1998 again appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Shortly before he was elected as representative of the Cambodian People's Party (KPK ) and the deputies of the National Assembly. In a cabinet reshuffle, he was also appointed on 15 July 2004 as Deputy Prime Minister.

In his capacity as Foreign Minister, he held in September 2009 speech to the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations, in which he also food and energy supply, peace and security and the reform of the United Nations came in to the financial crisis starting in 2007, climate change, but.

Awards

For his service he was awarded several times and received, among other things:

• Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia
• Grand Officier of the Ordre national du Mérite of France
• Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant of Thailand.