Lao Mong Hay

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Lao. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Mong Hay.
Lao Mong Hay
NationalityCambodian
OccupationPolitical analyst
EmployerKhmer Institute of Democracy
MovementKhmer People's National Liberation Front
AwardsNansen Refugee Award (2000)

Lao Mong Hay (Khmer: ឡៅ ម៉ុងហៃ) is a Cambodian political analyst and pro-democracy activist. He won the 2000 Nansen Refugee Award for his work with refugees following the Fall of Phnom Penh in 1975.[1]

Personal life

Mong Hay was a refugee in the United Kingdom between 1975 and 1993.[2][1]

Career

Mong Hay is a political analyst who is a professor of political sciences at the University of Toronto as well as the director of the Khmer Institute of Democracy in Phnom Penh.[3][4][5][2][6]

From 1988 until 1992, Mong Hay was the director of the Institute of Public Administration and the Human Rights Unit of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front, as well as an aide to the organisation's leadership Between 1993 and 1994, Mong Hay led the Cambodian Mine Action Center.[7]

Mong Hay won the 2000 Nansen Refugee Award [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Sovannara, Khem (14 December 2000). "CAMBODIA-AWARD-LAO". Getty Images. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Nansen Medal: winners from four continents". UNHCR. 3 November 2000. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ^ Nachemson, Andrew (23 December 2021). "A new Hun rises: Cambodia's ruling party meets to plot its future". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ^ Hutt, David (11 January 2022). "Rocky road ahead for Hun Sen's succession plan". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  5. ^ Ker, Yann (2 October 2003). "Hello VOA with Dr. Lao Mong Hay". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  6. ^ Nov, Ana (4 May 2001). "Press Freedoms Improving, Lao Mong Hay Says". The Cambodia Daily. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Lao Mong Hay". Conciliation Resources. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2022.