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H.E. Dr. Hang Choun Naron

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CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name HANG CHUON NARON
Date of Birth 2 January 1962
Place of Birth Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Sex Male
Nationality Cambodian
Marital status Married with two children
HOME ADDRESS No 18, Street 302, Boeung Keng Kang I, Chamcarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
OFFICE ADDRESS Ministry of Economy and Finance, St.92, Sangkat Wat Phnom,Khand Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
E-mail hangnaron@yahoo.com
Tel: (855) 12 843 889; (855) 23 426 690
Fax: (855) 23 428 652

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1988-91 Ph.D. degree in economics (international economics), Moscow State Institute for International Relations, Russia
1985-88 Masters' degree in economics (international economics), Moscow State Institute for International Relations, Russia
1984-85 Kiev Institute of Foreign Languages (Ukraine), French Language Courses
1982-85 Faculty of International Relations and International Law, Kiev State University, Ukraine
1981-82 Cambodian Institute of Technology, Preparatory courses
1980-81 High School Certificate, Sisowath High School, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

OTHER TRAINING

2004 Executive Program, JF Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

GOVERNMENT POSITIONS

Present-
  • Secretary General, Ministry of Economy and Finance;
  • Secretary General, Supreme National Economic Council;
  • Assistant to the Eminent Person Group for the preparation of the ASEAN Charter;

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

  1. Deputy Chair, Committee on Financial Sector Development in Cambodia (Since 2001);
  2. Chairman, Board of Directors and Management Board, Cambodian Reinsurance Company (Since 2002);
  3. Member, Board of Directors, Electricity of Cambodia (EDC) (Since 2000);
  4. Chairman, Board of Directors, Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) (Since 2005);
  5. Chairman, Board of Directors, Community-Based Natural Resource Management Learning Institute (Since February 2005);
  6. Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Telecom Cambodia (Since March 2005);
  7. Member, Board of Directors, Youth Star Cambodia (Since 2006).
  8. Member of the Government Committee for the Preparation of the National Strategic Development Plan (2006-2010).

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2006 Assistant to the Eminent Person Group for the ASEAN Charter;
2005 Assistant to the Eminent Person Group for the ASEAN-China Cooperation Strategy.
2001-2004
  • Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Economy and Finance;
  • Secretary General, Supreme National Economic Council;
  • Economic Assistant to the Prime Minister;
  • Director, Economic and Financial Policy Planning and Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Economy and Finance, responsible for coordinating fiscal reform programs with the international financial institutions (ADB, IMF, World Bank);
2000-2001
  • First Deputy Director, Budget and Financial Affairs Department;
  • Economic Assistant to the Prime Minister;
  • Research Fellow, Cambodian Institute of Cooperation and Peace;
  • Member, East Asia Vision Group (Produced a Report on "Towards and East Asian Community", which has become the architecture for the cooperation between ASEAN, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea);
1999-2000
  • World Bank consultant to the Ministry of Economy and Finance;
  • Research Coordinator, Economic Advisory Team;
1995-1998 Senior Research Officer, Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh;
1993-1995 Research Assistant, Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh;
1992
  • Training Assistant, Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI);
  • Staff member, Supreme National Council (SNC) Secretariat;
1991-92 Part-time consultant, Australian Permanent Mission in Phnom Penh;
1988-90 Attache, Cambodian Embassy in Moscow, USSR.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

  1. World Bank. 1999-2000: Research Coordinator, Economic Advisory Team, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Kingdom of Cambodia;
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 2001: Economic Planning and Protected Areas: Toward the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources.

LANGUAGES

Mother tongue: Khmer
Foreign Languages: English, French and Russian

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Royal School of Administration
2001/02 Public Finance
Economics and Finance Institute
2000/02 Public Finance
2003-Present Academic Adviser, MBA Program for the Economics and Finance Institute (Cambodia)/ Charles Sturt University (Australia);

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Macroeconomic and fiscal management,
Public finance,
Public Policies,
Poverty issues,
ASEAN integration,
Insurance and reinsurance,
Financial sector development ,
Financial service liberalization,
Private sector development and investment climate in Cambodia,
Financial Analysis and Financial Accounting

MEDALS AND DISTINCTIONS

In recognition for his contribution to the development of Cambodia, Dr. Hang Chuon Naron was awarded with the following medals and distinctions by the Royal Government of Cambodia: Grand Croix of the Royal Order of the Kingdom of Cambodia (Mohasena), Grand Officer of the Royal Order of the Kingdom of Cambodia (Thipadin), Officer of the Order of Monissaraphon (Literature and culture) of Cambodia (Assaridh) and two Gold Medals of Labor of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

PUBLICATIONS

Dissertation

  • Hang Chuon Naron. 1988. The Problems of Economic Development in Cambodia and the Perspectives of Her Foreign Economic Relations. (Masters’ degree dissertation. Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Moscow, USSR)
  • Hang Chuon Naron. 1991. Cambodia's Foreign Economic Policies. (Ph.D. degree dissertation. Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Moscow, USSR).

Book

  • Hang Chuon Naron. 2005. L’économie du Cambodge: La Lutte pour le Développement. Phnom Penh. (France Language)

Policy Papers

Dr. Hang Chuon Naron was an author or contributor to the following policy papers

  • Royal Government of Cambodia. 2000. Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, October 2000, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Royal Government of Cambodia. 2001. The Cambodian Economy: A Mid-Term Review and Renewed Efforts to Combat Poverty. May 2001, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance. 2001. Cambodia: Strengthening Macroeconomic Stability and Ensuring Sustainable and Broad-based Growth. Prepared for the Consultative Group Meeting in June, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Royal Government of Cambodia. 2002. National Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2002, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2002). Cambodia: Public Expenditure Management. 23 April 2002, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2002). Economic Planning and Protected Areas: Toward the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources. May 2002. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003). Cambodia’s Economic and Financial Reforms: Challenges and Opportunities. January 2003, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003). Cambodia: Macroeconomic Outlook, Fiscal and Monetary Policies, and Structural Reforms. 7 April 2003. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003). Cambodia: Industrial Development. 21 April 2003. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003). Cambodia: Key Development Challenges. 14 May 2003. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003). Economic Cooperation Strategy Among Cambodia, Loas, Myanmar and Thailand. 15 July 2003. Vientiane, Lao PDR.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003): Macroeconomic Performance, Issues and Policies. 20 November 2003, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003): Gestion Macro-économique 2001-2008: Contraintes, Progrés, Challenges. 30 November 2003, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003): Financial Sector Reform in Cambodia. 19 December 2003. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Royal Government of Cambodia. 2004. Annual Report on the Implementation of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance. 2004. Medium-Term Expenditure Framework for Cambodia: 2005-2007. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2004): Economic and Financial Liberalization and Cambodia's Membership in the WTO. 8 November 2004. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance. (2005). Cambodia's Economic Development. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2006): Cambodia: Recent Economic and Social Developments, Paper submitted to the Consultative Group Meeting, Palias du Gouvernment (CDC), Phnom Penh, March 2, 2006.

Conference Papers

  • Hang Chuon Naron (2005). The Development of Capital Market in Cambodia. Presented at the Seminar on Bond Market Development, Bangkok, 17- 18 March 2005.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2004). The Challenges and Constraints for Achieving Millennium Development Goals for Health in Cambodia. Presented at the High-Level Forum on Health, Nutrition and Population MDGs, Geneva, 8- 9 Jan 2004.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2003). Cambodia: Economic and Social Performance and Outlook for 2003. Presented at the Cambodia-Japan Policy Dialogue on ODA, 24 March 2003, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2002). Basing Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper on a Realistic Expenditure Plan. Presented at the National Workshop on the PRSP Outline and Matrices, organized by the Council for Social Development of Cambodia and supported by the World Bank, 28 June 2002, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron. 2002. Trade Liberalization: A Cambodian Perspective. Pre-Conference Workshop “WTO: Issues for Developing Countries”, February 2002, Canberra.
  • Hang Chuon Naron. 2002. The Effects of WTO Membership on the SMEs and Garment Sector of Cambodia. Presented at the Public Forum on Cambodia’s Membership in the World Trade Organization, 21 August 2002, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron. 2001. Poverty Reduction in Cambodia: Achievements and Challenges. Presented at the Workshop on Sustainable Development, Poverty Reduction and Good Governance in Cambodia, jointly Sponsored by the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace and the World Bank Institute, 20 September 2001, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Hang Chuon Naron (2001). Cambodia: A Decade of Nation-Building, Institution Development and Reform. A presentation at the National Conference on Peace, National Reconciliation and Democracy Building: Ten Years After the Paris Peace Agreements. Phnom Penh. 22 October 2001.

Hobbies

Tennis and Swimming

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