Pa Socheatvong
Cambodian politician
Pa Socheatvong (Khmer: ប៉ា សុជាតិវង្ស [paː sociətʋɔŋ]; born 1 July 1957) is a Cambodian politician who was the Governor of Phnom Penh from 2013 to 2017. His appointment was confirmed on 14 April 2013 by King Norodom Sihamoni.
“Pa Socheatvong” enters the record as cambodian politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Socheatvong, Cambodian and politician can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14939366. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957, 2013 and 2017.
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