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Kem Sokha ((クメール語:កឹម សុខា); born 27 June 1953) is a Cambodian politician and Vice President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). He served as the First Vice President of the National Assembly of Cambodia from 2014 to 2015. He represents Kampong Cham as its Member of Parliament (MP). From 2007 to 2012, Sokha was the leader of the Human Rights Party, which he founded. His political career began in 1993, when he was elected a representative for Takeo; at that time he was a member of Son Sann's Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party. In 1999, he joined the royalist FUNCINPEC and subsequently elected a senator. He resigned from his Senate seat in 2001. In the 2008 elections, the Human Rights Party gained three seats in the National Assembly. Kem Sokha is well known for his weekly town hall meetings at local level throughout the country. He was the first to introduce a free and open forum discussing issues concerning civic and political rights, as well as social and economic development, at village level in Cambodia. Kem Sokha is known for his non-violent, political tolerant policy standing on democratic and unity principles. His words are often quoted and repeated by ordinary Cambodians. His phrase "Do Min Do" (literal translation to English: "Change or no change") became the anthem for the Cambodia National Rescue Party's election Campaign in July 2013, which drew an unprecedented amount of youth participation. On 26 August 2014, Kem Sokha was elected by the National Assembly as its First Vice President with 116 votes,〔 the first opposition MP to hold the office. On 30 October 2015, he was ousted from the vice presidency by a vote of 68–0.〔 ==Politics== National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2008–Present: • 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kem Sokha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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