Mok Mareth is a Cambodian

Khmer people

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 politician and Minister of the Environment. He was born in Rumchang, Samraŏng District

Samraong District

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, Takeo province, Cambodia

Cambodia

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Political career

Mok was named a Senior Minister in the Cambodian Government in 2004 and is a member of the ruling Cambodian People's Party

Cambodian People's Party

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. He has served as head of the Ministry of the Environment since 1993. 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

Phnom Penh

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 (1987–1989). Prior to these positions he served as vice president and president of the Phnom Penh party committee (1981–1987).

Studies

A natural scientist by training, Mareth earned a Bachelor degree in Agronomy and Fisheries Engineering from the University of Agronomy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 1971 and his PhD. in Animal and Aquatic Biology from Paul Sabatier University

University of Toulouse

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, in Toulouse, France

France

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, in 1974. After completing his doctoral work, he was a biological researcher at ORSTROM in France (1976–1979).