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Changing short description from "Cambodian politician" to "Cambodian politician (born 1965)"

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{{Short description|Cambodian politician (born 1965)}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2013}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|[[Eng (name)|Eng]]|Chhai Eang}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Eng Chhai Eang
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|km|អេង ឆៃអ៊ាង}}}}
| image = Eng Chhai Eang.jpg
| office = Vice President of the [[Cambodia National Rescue Party]]
| alongside =
| president = [[Kem Sokha]]
| term_start = 2 March 2017
| term_end = 16 November 2017
| predecessor = [[Kem Sokha]]
| successor = Party dissolved
| office3 = [[List of Senators of Cambodia|Member of the Senate]]
| term_start3 = 24 March 2012
| term_end3 = 9 April 2013
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| office1 = [[Parliament of Cambodia|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Kandal (National Assembly constituency)|Kandal]]
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 = 5 August 2014
| term_end1 = 16 November 2017
| majority1 =
| constituency_MP2 = [[Battambang Province|Battambang]]
| term_start2 = 4 October 2003
| term_end2 = 10 May 2011
| alma_mater = [[University of Health Sciences (Cambodia)|University of Health Sciences]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kampong Thom Province|Kampong Thom]], [[Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–70)|Cambodia]]
| spouse = Ly Sokunthea
| citizenship = Cambodian
| party = [[Cambodia National Rescue Movement]] {{small|(2018–present)}}<br />[[Cambodia National Rescue Party]] {{small|(2013–17)}}<br />[[Sam Rainsy Party]] {{small|(1998–2013)}}<br />[[Funcinpec Party]] {{small|(1992–95)}}
| caption = Chhai Eang in 2016
}}

'''Eng Chhai Eang''' ({{langx|km|អេង ឆៃអ៊ាង}} born November 10, 1965) is a Cambodian politician. He served as a vice president of the [[Cambodia National Rescue Party]], the major opposition party, until its court-ordered dissolution in 2017. He was a member of the Parliament of Cambodia and served as the Secretary General of the [[Sam Rainsy Party]] from 1999 to 2005 and again from 2007 to 2009. He also served as the Special Secretary to [[Sam Rainsy]], the Minister of Economic and Finance, from 1993 to 1994.

In addition to his political positions, Chhai Eang is also the founder of the newspaper ''Khmer Youth Voice'' and a member of the Youth Movement of [[FUNCINPEC]]. He is a graduate of the [[University of Health Sciences (Cambodia)|University of Health Sciences]].

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==Early life and education==
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Eng Chhai Eang was born on 10 November 1965 in Kampong Chen Village, Kampong Chen Commune, [[Stoung District]], Cambodia, to parents Eng Kheang and York Meas. In 1990, Chhai Eang married Ly Sokunthea; they had four children, two sons and two daughters.

Chhai Eang started the primary school in [[Stoung District]] in Kampong Chen Village, [[Kampong Thom City]]. Then he went to high school in [[Soutr Nikom District]] in [[Siem Reap]] province. Eng Chhai Eang was an outstanding student, was honored and was the top number one in the National Mathematics competition in 1987. He graduated from [[University of Health Sciences (Cambodia)|University of Health Sciences]] in 1993. He received a Diploma of Medical Doctor, the combined faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry.

==Political career==
[[File:Eng-chhai-eang-interview-1.jpg|thumb|250px|CNRP Lawmaker Eng Chhai Eang speaks to reporters after a meeting at the Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh, March 29, 2017.<ref name="RFA20170329">{{cite news |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/congress-03292017165857.html |author1=Moniroth Morm |author2=Nareth Muong |author3=Joshua Lipes |title=Cambodia's Government On Board With Opposition Congress: CNRP |agency=[[Radio Free Asia]] |date=2017-03-29 |access-date=2023-03-02}}</ref>]]

Chhai Eang started his political journey in December 1992 when he joined the Youth Movement of [[FUNCINPEC]] and went on to found the local newspaper ''Khmer Youth Voice'' ({{lang|km|សម្លេងយុវជនខ្មែរ}}) in 1993. This newspaper was established to support the policies of FUNCINPEC.

From July 1993 to October 1994, Chhai Eang served as a secretary to [[Sam Rainsy]], while also serving as a founder and advisor to the ''Khmer Youth Voice'' newspaper from April 1994 to December 1996. He became a founder and member of the Steering Committee of the Khmer Nation Party in November 1995, which was later renamed the [[Sam Rainsy Party]]. From August 1999 to December 2005, and then again from September 2007 to January 2009, he held the position of Secretary General of the [[Sam Rainsy]] Party.

In the [[2003 Cambodian general election]] for the 3rd mandate, Chhai Eang was elected as a member of Parliament for Battambang province, and was re-elected in the [[2008 Cambodian general election]] for the 4th mandate. He was elected as a member of the Senate for the region of Kandal province in the 2012 Senator election.

From April 2013 to March 2017, Chhai Eang served as the Vice Chair of the Steering Committee of the [[Cambodia National Rescue Party]] (CNRP). In the 2013 Cambodian general election for the fifth mandate, he was elected as a member of Parliament for [[Kandal province]]. In September 2014, Chhai Eang was elected as the Chairperson of the First Commission on Human Rights, Complaints, and Investigations of the [[National Assembly (Cambodia)|National Assembly]].<ref name="OHCHR">{{cite news |url=https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session33/Documents/A_HRC_33_62_en.docx |title=Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia |publisher=[[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] |date=2016-09-05 |access-date=2023-03-02}}</ref>

In March 2017, Chhai Eang was named a vice president of the CNRP.

Following the dissolution of the CNRP in November 2017, Chhai Eang was banned from politics, and left Cambodia. In November 2019, the government revoked his [[Cambodian passport]] as well as those of eleven other former high-ranking CNRP cadres.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vodenglish.news/foreign-affairs-ministry-cancels-passports-of-12-opposition-officials/ |author=Khut Sokun |title=Passports of 12 former CNRP officials revoked |newspaper=Khmer Times |date=2019-11-13 |access-date=2023-03-02}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia)]]
[[Category:Members of the Senate (Cambodia)]]
[[Category:Candlelight Party politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cambodian physicians]]
[[Category:Cambodian politicians of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Cambodia National Rescue Party politicians]]
[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:People from Kampong Thom province]]

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