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Ek Sereywath
ឯក សេរីវឌ្ឍ

Cambodian Ambassador to the Philippines
In office 1999–2003
Succeeded by	Hos Sereythonh Tuot Panha
Cambodian Ambassador to the United States
In office designated February 10, 2005 accredited: March 8, 2005 – May 20, 2009
Preceded by	Roland Eng
Succeeded by	Hem Heng

Personal details
Born	1954 (age 69–70) Phnom Penh
Alma mater	In 1974 Master of Arts in political science from the Sciences Po. From 1974 to 1975 he studied Southeast Asian affairs at the University of Paris.

Ek Sereywath (born 1954) is a retired Cambodian ambassador.

Career

In 1970 he left Cambodia and spent the Khmer Rouge years in Paris.
From 1978 to 1980 he was journalist for Le Figaro.
From 1983 to 1985 he was editor of a newsletter at the Cambodian center in Paris.
From 1985 to 1993 he represented the Cambodian royalist party as deputy director and then as director at the FUNCINPEC Information Office.
In 1993, Ek was elected to the National Assembly of Cambodia where he was five years representative
For six months in 1993 he was vice minister at the Ministry of Information.
From 1993 to 1996 he was vice minister at the Ministry of National Defense.

From 1999 to 2003 he was ambassador in Manila (Philippines).

In 2004, Ek held a seat in the Cambodian Senate.
On February 10, 2005 he was designated ambassador in Washington, D. C. where he was accredited from March 8, 2005 to May 20, 2009.^[1]

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