Education
Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Royal University of Phnom Penh.
He previously served as a Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce for 15 years. Cham was born Ung You Teckhor to an ethnic Chinese family who were engaged in Entrepot trade. After the 2013 general elections, the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy was split into two separate ministries: the Ministry of Industry and the Handicrafts and Ministry of Mines and Energy with the reasoning that the scale of work was too big for one ministry to handle.
He is a member of the Cambodian People"s Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003. His father, Ung You Y, served as the member of parliament for Stung Treng province during Lon Nol"s regime before the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia.
