{{Short description|Cambodian politician}} {{family name hatnote|Mok|Mareth|lang=Cambodian}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = His Excellency | name = Mok Mareth | native_name = | native_name_lang = | honorific_suffix = MP | image = Mok_Mareth_UNDP_Oslo_2010.jpg | caption = Mareth in 2010 | office = 1st Minister of Environment | monarch = | president = | prime_minister = Norodom Ranariddh <br> Ung Huot <br> Hun Sen | term_start = 24 September 1993 | term_end = 23 September 2013 | predecessor = ''Position established'' | successor = Say Sam Al | office1 = Chairman of the National Assembly Commission on Planning and Investment | term_start1 = 23 September 2013 | term_end1 = 26 August 2014 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Pol Hom | order2 = Member of Parliament<br>for Takéo | constituency2 = | term_start2 = 27 September 2003 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | majority2 = 8,701 (1.68%) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|1|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Samraong, Takéo, Cambodia | party = Cambodian People's Party | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Royal University of Agronomy Science (BS)<br />Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (PhD) }} '''Mok Mareth''' ({{langx|km|ម៉ុក ម៉ារ៉េត}}; born 20 January 1944) is a Cambodian politician and former Minister of the Environment. He was born in Rumchang, Samraŏng District, Takéo Province, Cambodia.
==Political career== Mareth was named a Senior Minister in the Cambodian Government in 2004 and is a member of the ruling Cambodian People's Party. He served as head of the Ministry of Environment from 1993 to 2013.<ref>Who's Who: The most influential people in Cambodia 2007-2008, MBN International, Phnom Penh, 2007</ref> Mok was also elected a Member of Parliament for Takeo province in 2003. He formerly served as Vice Minister of Agriculture (1989–1993) and Vice Governor of Phnom Penh (1980–1989). Prior to these positions he served as vice president of the Phnom Penh party committee (1981–1989).
==Studies== A natural scientist by training, Mareth earned a bachelor's degree in agronomy and fisheries engineering from the University of Agronomy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1970 and his PhD in animal and aquatic biology from Paul Sabatier University, in Toulouse, France in 1974. After completing his doctoral work, he was a biological researcher at ORSTROM in France (1974–1976).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-environment-he-mok-mareth |title=Minister of Environment, H.E. Mok Mareth |author=Robert Carmichael |date=16 August 2002 |newspaper=The Phnom Penh Post |accessdate=5 November 2016}}</ref>
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