Background
SON, SANN was born in 1911 in Phnom-Penh.
financial administrator and politician
SON, SANN was born in 1911 in Phnom-Penh.
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris.
Deputy Governor Provinces of Battambang and Prey-Veng 1935-1939. Head of Yuvan Kampuchearath (Youth Movement). Minister of Finance 1946-1947.
Vice-President Council of Ministers 1949.
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1950. President Cambodian National Assembly 1951-1952.
Government of National Bank of Cambodia 1954-1968. Minister of State (Finance and National Economy) 1961-1962.
Vice-President, in charge of Economy, Finance and Planning 1965-1967, President Council of Ministers May-December 1967.
First Vice-President in charge of Economical Financial Affairs 1968. Leader Khmer People"s National Front (1986) reported overthrown. Involved in help for Khmer refugees 1979.
Involved in antiVietnamese guerrilla war since 1979.
Prime Minister, Coalition Government, of Democratic Kampuchea June since 1982. Grand Croix de l’Ordre Royal du Cambodge, Sbna yayasedth, Commander du Sowathara (Merite bconomique).
Grand Officier Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honneur, Commander du Monisaraphon, M6daille d’or du Regne, Grand Officier du Million d’Eldphants (Laos).
Married Nema Machhwa in 1940.