CHUM Sounry
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Birth
06 Jul 1956
Place of Birth
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Marital Status
Married with two children

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor of Public Laws

WORK EXPERIENCES
23 October 2021 | Present
  • Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
June 2018 | 23 October 2021
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United State of America
May 2015 | January 2018
  • Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
October 2008 | April 2015
  • Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia and to New Zealand
2006 | 2008
  • Director of Personnel Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
2004 | 2006
  • Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, and the Republic of Estonia with residence in Moscow
2003 | 2006
  • Ambassador to the Russian Federation
1999 | 2003
  • Director of Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
1998 | 1999
  • Deputy Director, America Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
1995 | 1998
  • First Secretary, Royal Embassy of Cambodia to USA
1993 | 1995
  • Assistant to Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
1989 | 1993
  • First Secretary, Cambodian Embassy to Bulgaria
1985 | 1989
  • Personnel Department Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
1980 | 1985
  • Press Department Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation


DECORATION

  • Medal of Mohasereiwaddh of Kingdom of Cambodia, 2017
  • Royal Order of Monisaraphon, Commander, 2007
  • Royal Order of Monisaraphon, Chevalier, 2003
  • Medal of Labor, Gold, 2002

LANGUAGES

  • Khmer (native)
  • English
  • French