# Men Sam An

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{{Short description|Cambodian politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Men|Sam An}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [Her Excellency](/source/Excellency)
| name             = Men Sam An
| native_name      = {{nobold|ម៉ែន សំអន}}
| honorific_suffix = [MP](/source/Parliament_of_Cambodia)
| image            =
| caption          = 
| office2          = [Minister of National Assembly–Senate Relations and Inspection](/source/Cabinet_of_Cambodia)
| term_start2      = 16 July 2004
| prime_minister2  = [Hun Sen](/source/Hun_Sen)
| term_end2        = 22 August 2023
| successor2       = Huot Hak
| office3          = [Member of Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_Cambodia) <br /> for [Svay Rieng](/source/Svay_Rieng_Province)
| term_start3      = 14 June 1993
| term_end3        = 
| predecessor3     = 
| successor3       = 
| office1          = [Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Cambodia)
| term_start1      = 25 September 2008
| term_end1        = 22 August 2023
| prime_minister1  = [Hun Sen](/source/Hun_Sen)
| predecessor1     = 
| successor1       = 
| office           = Vice President of the [Cambodian People's Party](/source/Cambodian_People's_Party)
| term_start       = 24 December 2021
| term_end         = 
| predecessor      = [Hun Sen](/source/Hun_Sen)
| president        = [Hun Sen](/source/Hun_Sen)
| alongside        = [Say Chhum](/source/Say_Chhum), [Sar Kheng](/source/Sar_Kheng), [Tea Banh](/source/Tea_Banh), and [Hun Manet](/source/Hun_Manet)
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1953|8|15|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
| birth_place      = [Sambour](/source/Sambour_District), [Kratié](/source/Krati%C3%A9_Province), [Cambodia](/source/French_protectorate_of_Cambodia), [French Indochina](/source/French_Indochina){{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
| party            = [Cambodian People's Party](/source/Cambodian_People's_Party)
| allegiance       = {{flag|Cambodia}}
| branch           = [Royal Cambodian Army](/source/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](/source/Cambodian_Civil_War)
| rank             = 10px [Army general](/source/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](/source/Khmer_Times)|date=17 March 2025|accessdate=17 March 2025}}</ref> 
}}
'''Men Sam An''' ({{langx|km|ម៉ែន សំអន}}, [UNGEGN](/source/Romanization_of_Khmer): {{Transliteration|km|Mên Sâm'ân}} {{IPA|km|maen sɑmʔɑːn|}}; born 15 August 1953{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}) is a [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia)n politician. She belongs to the [Cambodian People's Party](/source/Cambodian_People's_Party) and was elected to represent [Svay Rieng Province](/source/Svay_Rieng_Province) in the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(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/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](/source/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](/source/Khmer_Republic) era, beginning her career as a military nurse.

==References==
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Category:Government ministers of Cambodia
Category:People from Kratié province
Category:Women government ministers of Cambodia
Category:21st-century Cambodian women politicians
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