First Vice President of National Assembly Passes Away at 79 Years Old
AKP Phnom Penh, November 05, 2021 --

H.E. Kitti Nitti Kosal Pundit Nguon Nhel, First Vice President of the National Assembly (NA), passed away this morning at around 10:30 at the age of 79 due to illness, according to an announcement of the NA General Secretariat.

The funeral ceremony will take place at the demise’s residence in Sangkat Prek Pra, Khan Chbar Ampov, Phnom Penh.

H.E. Kitti Nitti Kosal Pundit Nguon Nhel was born on Dec. 22, 1942 to a farmer’s family in Baray district, Kampong Thom province. He has held the post of NA Vice President since 1998.
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Long-time CPP Leader Nguon Nhel Dies, Age 79
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Mech Dara
| Fri Nov 5, 2021 6:37 pm

Nguon Nhel, the first vice president of the Cambodian National Assembly, died Friday morning at Khmer-Soviet Hospital in Phnom Penh.

Nhel, 79, had been ailing due to sickness, according to National Assembly spokesman Leng Peng Long, who described Nhel’s death as a “huge loss” for the CPP and the country as a whole. Long said Nhel’s body will lie in state at his home in O’Andong village of the Chbar Ampov district of Phnom Penh.

Nhel had been a CPP stalwart, serving the party as a high-ranking member of its Permanent Committee and the chairman of its Working Group for Kampong Thom province. Spokesman Peng Long said Nhel had also been secretary of the party for Phnom Penh, a former minister of agriculture and a lawmaker from Kampong Thom.

As first vice president of the National Assembly, Nhel was the second-highest ranking figure in that body. He had previously ceded that position to former opposition leader Kem Sokha until Sokha was removed from office, at which point the first vice presidency passed back to Nhel.

Prime Minister HE publicly announced on Friday his condolences to Nhel’s family. HE described the death as a “huge loss of an outstanding Khmer political figure, who was full of conscientious will to serve the cause of the nation, religion and the King in all circumstances, and had actively contributed to the promotion of the values of the rule of law with high ideals.”
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Another one bites the dust, cheers pal.

NA President Pays Tribute to Late First NA President
AKP Phnom Penh, November 06, 2021–


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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 9:58 pm
"...was full of conscientious will to serve the cause of the nation and the King in all circumstances, and had actively contributed to the promotion of the values of the rule of law with high ideals.”

Is 'e havin' a laugh?

NA Restructures Vice President and Approves Draft Laws
AKP Phnom Penh, November 26, 2021 --

The National Assembly has restructured its vice president and endorsed other appointments and draft laws, said its news release circulated yesterday.

In its sixth session on Nov. 25, the National Assembly voted for H.E. Cheam Yeap as the First Vice President to replace late H.E. Nguon Nhel and announced the tenure of H.E. Un Bunhan as a lawmaker for Kampong Thom provincial constituency in replacement of late H.E. Nguon Nhel.
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