Pou Sothirak
Pou Sothirak is a Cambodian academic and former politician. He is currently serving as senior distinguished advisor to the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies, a newly established foreign policy think tank that is built by and for the young generation of Cambodia. Previously, he was the executive director at the Cambodian Center for Cooperation and Peace. Between 1993 and 1998, he was the Cambodian Minister for Industry, Mines and Energy.[1] He is a former member of the royalist FUNCINPEC and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly in 2003.[2] Sothirak served as Cambodia's ambassador to Japan between 2005 and 2009.
He is a dual national of Cambodia and the United States.[3] He acquired US citizenship in the 1980s during his studies at Oregon State University.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography - Pou Sothirak" (PDF). Institute for Strategic and International Studies. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Election results" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.
- ^ BUSINESS: Cambodia: The Wild East of Capitalism
- ^ UNITAR Roundtables Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
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