{{Short description|Cambodian academic, economist, and politician}} {{family name hatnote|Hangchuon|Naron|lang=Cambodian}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = His Excellency Academician | name = Hangchuon Naron | native_name = {{lang|km|ហង់ជួន ណារ៉ុន}} | honorific_suffix = | image = Dr. Hang Chuon Naron.jpg | alt = | caption = Naron in 2015 | office = Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia | status = | prime_minister = Hun Manet | term_label = | term_start = 22 August 2023 | term_end = | office1 = Minister of Education, Youth and Sport | deputy1 = | term_start1 = 24 September 2013 | term_end1 = | prime_minister1 = Hun Sen<br />Hun Manet | predecessor1 = Im Sothy | successor1 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|1|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Phnom Penh, Cambodia | death_place = | party = Cambodian People's Party | spouse = | children = 2 | education = {{ubl|Royal University of Law and Economics (LL.M)|Lumière University Lyon 2 (LLM)|Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MS, PhD)|Chulalongkorn University (PhD)}} | profession = {{hlist|Academic|economist|politician}} | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.moeys.gov.kh/kh/component/k2/hang-chuon-naron-profile.html#.U4GXVnZ5iSo|H.E. Dr. Hangchuon Naron}} | office2 = Secretary of State of Economy and Finance | term_start2 = 2004 | term_end2 = 2013 }}
'''Hangchuon Naron''' ({{langx|km|ហង់ជួន ណារ៉ុន}} {{IPA|km|hɑŋcuən naːron|}}; born 2 January 1962) is a Cambodian academic, economist, and politician who is the current Minister for Education, Youth and Sport, serving since 2013. A member of the Cambodian People's Party, he was Secretary of State of Economy and Finance from 2004 to 2013.<ref name="MEF">{{cite web|url=http://www.mef.gov.kh/hang-chuon-naron-profile.html|title=H.E. Hang Chuon Naron|publisher=Ministry of Economy and Finance|accessdate=25 May 2014|archive-date=25 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200201/http://www.mef.gov.kh/hang-chuon-naron-profile.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Since taking office, he has implemented major educational reforms in Cambodia, which include anti-cheating exams.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-cleans-up-cheating-corruption-in-national-exams-with-strictest-rules-7084 |title=Cambodia cleans up cheating, corruption in national exams with strictest rules |publisher=The Cambodia Herald |date=6 August 2014 |accessdate=6 October 2015 |archive-date=7 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007095648/http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-cleans-up-cheating-corruption-in-national-exams-with-strictest-rules-7084 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Academic background == <ref name="MoEYS">{{cite news |url=http://www.moeys.gov.kh/kh/component/k2/hang-chuon-naron-profile.html#.U4GXVnZ5iSo |title=H.E. Dr. HANG Chuon Naron |publisher=Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport |accessdate=12 October 2014 |archive-date=6 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906082857/http://www.moeys.gov.kh/kh/component/k2/hang-chuon-naron-profile.html#.U4GXVnZ5iSo |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2018: Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Administration, Chulalongkorn University * 2012: Diploma, Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy * 2010–12: Master of Laws, joint degree program of Royal University of Law and Economics and Lumière University Lyon 2 * 2006-08: Associate, Chartered Insurance Institute; Associate, Malaysian Insurance Institute; Degree in Insurance, Chartered Insurance Institute * 1988–91: Doctor of Philosophy in International Economics, MGIMO * 1982–85: Student at School of International Relations and International Law, Kiev State University * 1981–82: Preparatory courses, Institute of Technology of Cambodia * 1980–81: Baccalauréate II, Lycée Sisowath
== Political offices == <ref name="MoEYS"/> * 2018: Member of the National Assembly, Kampong Cham constituency * 2013–present: Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia * 2004–2013: Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia * 2004–2010: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia
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