About the Governor

His Excellency KEP CHUKTEMA, governor of Phnom Penh, is in charge of managing General Affairs, particularly Political and Inspection Affairs, Administrative Affairs, Social Security and Public Order

He is a key leader actively leading the implementation of developing the city to become a thriving city, also called the Pearl of Asia, under the high acknowledge leader of Samdach Akak Moha Sena Padey Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Personal Information

  • Family name : KEP
  • First name : CHUK TEMA
  • Date of birth : 07 February 1951
  • Civil status : Married with 3 children
  • Hobbies : Gardening, Cycling, Golfing, Movies

Education

  • 1957 – 1970
  •       - Certificate of High School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • 1970 – 1975
  •       - Bachelor Degree of Medical Doctor in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • 1981 – 1985
  •       - Bachelor Degree of Political Science in Hanoi, Vietnam


Career

  • February 2003 - Present :
  •       - Governor of Phnom Penh Capital
          - Personal Advisor of Samdach Akak Moha Sena Padey Techo Hun Sen Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
          - Chief of Municipal Development Committee
          - Chief of Phnom Penh Security Task Force

  • 1999 - 2003 : Governor of Takeo Province
  • 1995 - 1999 : Governor of Rattanakiri Province
  • 1993 - 1995 : Senior Advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, Minister of Interior
  • 1988 - 1993 : Vice-Chairman of Committee of Education and Propaganda
  • 1985 - 1988 : Director of Education and Propaganda Department


Experience in Specific Asian Countries

  • 1981-1985 : Political Science in Hanoi, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Publications

  • 2009 : History of Phnom Penh (After 575 years from birth)
  • 2008 : Phnom Penh 2008 (Image book of City Achievement)

Awards

  • 2008 : Asean Environmentally Sustainable City Award by ASEAN Environment Ministers (Ha Noi, VIETNAM).
  • 2007 : The World Leadership Awards, Local Environmental Renovation (London, UK).
  • 2006 : Mayor’s Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA).
  • 2005 : The World Leadership Awards, Urban Renewal Category Planning For a Population Boom, (London, UK).
  • 2004 : ADB’s AWARD, Water for all (Manila, PHILIPPINE).

 

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