Sar Kheng
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Samdech Kralahom Sar Kheng MP |
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Minister of Interior Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia |
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Assumed office 3 February 1992 |
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| Prime Minister |
Hun Sen Norodom Ranariddh Ung Huot Hun Sen |
| Majority Leader of the National Assembly | |
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In office 22 January 2015 – 31 January 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Battambang |
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Assumed office 1993 |
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| Majority | 61,206 (14.35%) |
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15 January 1951 Prey Veng, Cambodia |
| Political party | Cambodian People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Nhem Sakhan |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Sar Kheng (Khmer: ស ខេង; born 15 January 1951) is a Cambodian politician. One of the highest-ranking members of the ruling Cambodian People's Party, he is the current Minister of the Interior and has served as a Deputy Prime Minister since 1992. He also represents the province of Battambang in the Cambodian Parliament. Kheng has been the Minister of the Interior since 1992. Until March 2006, he shared the position with FUNCINPEC party member You Hockry as co-Ministers of the Interior, but then became sole interior minister in a cabinet reshuffle as FUNCINPEC ended its coalition with the CPP. He is currently the second longest serving government minister of Cambodia after Prime Minister Hun Sen. On June 14, 2015, King Norodom Sihamoni awarded Kheng the honorary title of "Samdech". His official title is "Samdech Kralahom Sar Kheng" (សម្ដេចក្រឡាហោម ស ខេង). Kheng is married to Nhem Sakhan with whom he has three children.
Kheng is a long-time member of the ruling Cambodian People's Party, which, according to international observers, has dominated politics and held on to power in Cambodia since 1979 through corruption, including extralegal killings, election fraud, control of the media, and at times, open violence such as the 1997 coup and 2015 intimidation of the opposition CNRP deputy leader, Kem Sokha. Within the CPP, Kheng is its Vice President and a standing member of its Central Committee, the body responsible for all core decision making. Kheng is also brother-in-law to former Khmer Rouge commander Chea Sim, who was CPP president until his death in 2015.
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