Pho Proeung

Pho Proeung (Khmer: ផូ ព្រឿង; 1903–1975) was Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1960 to 1961. He was the Minister of Finance in 1955. Pho Proeung'son is Pho Sonthmony. He was late Royal Cambodian Army Corps of Engineers who was married to Neak No, who is the daughter of princess Sisowath Sakethan. Princess Sisowath Sakethan is one of seven daughters of king Sisowath's eleventh son, Sisowath Duong-Lakhana, who was born in 1876. He was hunted down by the Khmer Rouge and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) led by Pol Pot and Khieu Samphan on the orders of Angkar at the dead of night and executed in 1975.

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Pho. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Proeung.
Pho Proeung
ផូ ព្រឿង
Prime Minister of Cambodia
In office
19 April 1960 – 28 January 1961
PresidentNorodom Sihanouk
Preceded byNorodom Sihanouk
Succeeded byPenn Nouth
Governor of Battambang Province
In office
1951–1954
Personal details
Born12 August 1903
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died1975 (aged 71–72)
Kampuchea
Political partyIndependent
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