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KUNG Phoak
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Birth
04 May 1982
Place of Birth
Prey Veng Province, Cambodia
Marital Status
Married
EDUCATION
2010 | 2013
  • PhD Candidate in International Relations, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
2013
  • Visiting Doctoral Scholar​ focusing on Foreign Policy and National Defense, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2011 | 2012
  • Visiting Doctoral Scholar focusing on Foreign Policy and National Defense, Cornell University, United States
2007
  • Master in Public Policy specializing in Economic Policy, the Australian National University, Australia
2006
  • Graduate Certificate in Public Administration, the Australian National University, Australia
2000 | 2005
  • Bachelor in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Institut de Technologie du Cambodge
WORK EXPERIENCES
23 October 2021 | Present
  • Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
12 October 2018 | 11 October 2021
  • ASEAN Deputy Secretary General for ASEAN Socio-cultural Community, ASEAN Secretariat (Jakarta)
29 May 2017 | 11 October 2018
  • Undersecretary of State, the Office of the Council of Ministers
2014 | 2017
  • Founder, Chairman and President, Cambodian Institute for Strategic Studies
2008 | 2014
  • Professor of Political Science and International Relations, the Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia
DECORATION

  • Royal Order of Cambodia, Grand Cross, 2018
  • Royal Order of Cambodia, Grand Officer, 2016

LANGUAGES

  • Khmer (native)           
  • English (Fluent)