Ung Huot

About

Known best for serving during the late 1990s as Prime Minister of Cambodia, this Funcinpec Party politician also held office as Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Before Fame

In the early 1990s, he began his political career as Cambodia's Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.

Trivia

Following his service as prime minister, he established the largely unsuccessful Rastra Niyum political party.

Family Life

He was raised in Cambodia's Kandal Province and later worked and studied in Melbourne, Australia. He married Ung Malis Yvonne.

Associated With

He and Hun Sen governed Cambodia as joint prime ministers.