National Assembly (NA) president Heng Samrin (centre) chairs the NA's Standing Committee meeting on October 13. NA
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee has approved the government’s request for a vote of confidence to appoint Dith Tina as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries at the NA’s next plenary session, scheduled for October 14.
If secured, Tina will replace Veng Sakhon, who has been appointed as Government Delegate attached to the Prime Minister.
The Standing Committee meeting was held on the morning of October 13 in the presence of NA president Heng Samrin.
Tina, currently secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, is a stalwart of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP).
Born on January 7, 1979, in Phnom Penh, Tina graduated from Preah Sisowath High School in 1994 and pursued his studies in France from 1996 to 2002. He graduated from Ecole Nationale superieure des mines de Paris (now MINES ParisTech) with a diploma in mining engineering. On top of that, he earned a master’s degree in physics from Paris-Sud University – one of France’s most prestigious.
Tina has been employed in the civil service since 2009, first as an undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce before being promoted to secretary of state in 2013. Since 2014, he has assumed a new role as secretary of state at the energy ministry.
