{{Short description|Cambodian politician}} {{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Men|Sam An}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Her Excellency | name = Men Sam An | native_name = {{nobold|ម៉ែន សំអន}} | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | caption = | office2 = Minister of National Assembly–Senate Relations and Inspection | term_start2 = 16 July 2004 | prime_minister2 = Hun Sen | term_end2 = 22 August 2023 | successor2 = Huot Hak | office3 = Member of Parliament <br /> for Svay Rieng | term_start3 = 14 June 1993 | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office1 = Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia | term_start1 = 25 September 2008 | term_end1 = 22 August 2023 | prime_minister1 = Hun Sen | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office = Vice President of the Cambodian People's Party | term_start = 24 December 2021 | term_end = | predecessor = Hun Sen | president = Hun Sen | alongside = Say Chhum, Sar Kheng, Tea Banh, and Hun Manet | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|8|15|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} | birth_place = Sambour, Kratié, Cambodia, French Indochina{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} | party = Cambodian People's Party | allegiance = {{flag|Cambodia}} | branch = Royal Cambodian Army | service_years = 1970–present<ref name="firstwoman">{{cite web|url=http://sopheainaction.blogspot.com/2009/02/men-sam-the-first-women-deputy-prime.html |title=Men Sam An, the First Women Deputy Prime Minister |date=25 February 2009 |accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref> | battles = Cambodian Civil War | rank = 10px Army general<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501654893/king-promotes-two-supreme-privy-council-members-to-five-star-generals/|title=King promotes two Supreme Privy Council members to five-star generals|work=Khmer Times|date=17 March 2025|accessdate=17 March 2025}}</ref> }} '''Men Sam An''' ({{langx|km|ម៉ែន សំអន}}, UNGEGN: {{Transliteration|km|Mên Sâm'ân}} {{IPA|km|maen sɑmʔɑːn|}}; born 15 August 1953{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}) is a Cambodian politician. She belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Svay Rieng Province in the National Assembly in 2003.<ref>[http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html "Election results"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812052157/http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html |date=2011-08-12 }}. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.</ref>
As of 2009, she serves as permanent Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia.<ref>http://www.ncpd.gov.kh/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=238{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}:..</ref> She is the first female deputy prime minister and four-star general.<ref name="firstwoman"/> She joined the army in 1970 during the US-backed Khmer Republic era, beginning her career as a military nurse.
==References== {{reflist}} {{Cabinet of Cambodia}}
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