His Excellency Tea Banh MP |
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Minister of National Defence | |
Assumed office 27 June 2006 |
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Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
In office 1987–1988 |
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Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia | |
Assumed office 16 July 2004 |
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Monarch |
Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihamoni |
Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
Minister of Transport Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
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In office 1984–1987 |
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Prime Minister |
Chan Sy Hun Sen |
Member of Parliament for Siem Reap |
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Assumed office 28 May 1993 |
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Majority | 52,356 (13.24%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tea Sangvan 5 November 1945 Koh Kong, Cambodia |
Political party | Cambodian People's Party |
Spouse(s) | Tao Toeun (m. 1975) |
Children |
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Profession | Politician |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Cambodia |
Service/branch | Royal Cambodian Army |
Years of service | 1962–? |
Rank | General |
Commands | National Committee for Maritime Security |
Battles/wars | Cambodian Civil War |
Tea Banh (Khmer: ទៀ បាញ់, Khmer pronunciation: [tiə ɓaɲ]) (born November 5, 1945, Koh Kong Province) is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National Defence for Cambodia. He is a former general and a member of the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in the 2003 elections.
Banh, whose birth name was "Tea Sangvan" later changed to Thai name "Sangvan Hin-kling" (Thai: สังวาลย์ หินกลิ้ง) and "Tea Banh" in last, is of Sino-Thai descent. His father, a Thai-Chinese, was named Tea Toek (Thai: เต็ก; rtgs: Tek) and his mother Nou Peng Chenda (Thai: หนู เพ่งจินดา; rtgs: Nu Phengchinda), was an ethnic Thai. Banh married Tao Toeun (Thai: เตือนใจ ธรรมเกษร; rtgs: Tueanchai Thamma-keson), who is also an ethnic Thai in 1975. They have three children Tea Siam, Tea Tyhas, and Tea Kanha.