Hor Namhong
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His Excellency Hor Namhong MP |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | |
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In office 30 November 1998 – 5 April 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
| Preceded by | Ung Huot |
| Succeeded by | Prak Sokhon |
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In office 1990–1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
| Preceded by | Hun Sen |
| Succeeded by | Norodom Sirivudh |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia | |
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Assumed office 16 July 2004 |
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| Monarch |
Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihamoni |
| Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
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Member of Parliament for Kampong Cham |
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Assumed office 26 July 1998 |
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15 November 1935 Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Political party | Cambodian People's Party |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
Ecole Royale d'Administration European Institute of High International Studies |
| Profession | Politician, diplomat |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Hor Namhong (Khmer: ហោ ណាំហុង; born 15 November 1935) is a Cambodian diplomat who served in the government of Cambodia as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2016. He previously held the same post from 1990 until 1993. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and has been a Deputy Prime Minister since 2004.
Born at Phnom Penh, Hor Namhong was educated at the Ecole Royale d'Administration (diplomatic section) in Cambodia. He holds a Master of Law degree from the Faculty of Law in Paris and a diploma from the European Institute of High International Studies in France.
Between 1967 and 1973 Hor Namhong served at the embassy of Cambodia in Paris, which became the mission of the exiled Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea (GRUNK) in 1970. Between 1973 and 1975 he represented Cambodia as ambassador to Cuba.
Between 1975 and 1979 Hor Namhong claims to have been a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge at Boeng Trabek. There have been accusations that he collaborated with his captors but Hor Namhong denies the accusations and was successful in a defamation suit against his accusers. On April 27, 2011, Hor Namhong lost a defamation suit in the French Supreme Court in which he claimed he was innocent of atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 through 1979.
In July 2011 Namhong lodged a protest with United States officials regarding a diplomatic cable released by . The undated cable claimed that Namhong "became head of the Beng Trabek (sic) camp and he and his wife collaborated in the killing of many prisoners."
In 1980, following the fall of the Khmer Rouge, Hor Namhong joined the government as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1982 he was appointed as ambassador to the Soviet Union, a post which he held until 1989. In 1989 he returned to Cambodia as Minister of the Council of Ministers in charge of Foreign Affairs. In 1990 he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and in 1991 became a member of the Supreme National Council of Cambodia.
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