# Chan Sarun

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{{Short description|Cambodian politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Chan|Sarun|lang=Cambodian}}
{{family name hatnote|[Ngor](/source/Wu_(surname))|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name             = Chan Sarun
| image            = 
| office           = [Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture%2C_Forestry_and_Fisheries_(Cambodia))
| prime_minister   = [Hun Sen](/source/Hun_Sen)
| term_start       = 30 November 1998
| term_end         = 23 September 2013
| predecessor      = 
| constituency_MP1 = [Takéo](/source/Tak%C3%A9o_Province)
| term_start1      = 27 September 2003
| successor        = [Ouk Rabun](/source/Ouk_Rabun)
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1948|3|18|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Cambodia](/source/French_protectorate_of_Cambodia)
| party            = [Cambodian People's Party](/source/Cambodian_People's_Party)
| education        = [Chonnam National University](/source/Chonnam_National_University) <small>([Hon. Ph.D.](/source/Honorary_degree) in Agriculture, 2007)</small>
| relations        = [Haing S. Ngor](/source/Haing_S._Ngor) (older brother)<br>Chang My-Huoy (sister-in-law) 
}}

'''Chan Sarun ''' (also known as '''Ngor Hong Srun'''; {{langx|km|ច័ន្ទ សារុន}}, {{lang-zh|c=吳和順}}; born 18 March 1948){{Citation needed|date=January 2026}} is the former [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia)n Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdc-crdb.gov.kh/cdc/first_cdcf/session1/statement_chansarun_eng.htm |title=Statement on Agriculture Sector Development |access-date=2008-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027034524/http://www.cdc-crdb.gov.kh/cdc/first_cdcf/session1/statement_chansarun_eng.htm |archive-date=2019-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He belongs to the [Cambodian People's Party](/source/Cambodian_People's_Party) and was elected to represent [Takeo Province](/source/Takeo_Province) in the [National Assembly of Cambodia](/source/National_Assembly_of_Cambodia) in 2003.<ref>[http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html "Election results"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630211011/http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html |date=June 30, 2008 }}. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.</ref> The younger brother of the late [Cambodian-American](/source/Cambodian-American) actor [Haing S. Ngor](/source/Haing_S._Ngor), and also the brother-in-law of the late Chang My-Huoy,<ref>[http://theoscarsite.com/chronicle/1996c.htm 1996 Oscar Chronicle]; [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E1D61139F93AA15751C0A960958260 World News Briefs; Political Motive Alleged In Killing of Cambodian]</ref> Chan is the son of an ethnic [Chinese](/source/Chinese_people) father and a [Khmer](/source/Khmer_people) mother, with ancestry from the [Hakka](/source/Hakka) of [Meizhou](/source/Meizhou).{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}

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