Additional positions


Minister of Transport Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office 1982–1987
Prime Minister	Chan Sy Hun Sen
Member of Parliament for Siem Reap
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 1993
Majority	52,356 (13.24%)

Personal details

Born

Tea Sangvan

5 November 1945 (age 78)
Kampot Province, Cambodia, French Indochina
(in present-day Koh Kong Province, Cambodia)

Political party

Cambodian People's Party

Spouse

Tao Toeun (m. 1975)

Children

Siam
Seiha

Relatives

Tea Vinh (brother)

Profession

Politician

Military service

Allegiance

Cambodia

Branch/service

Royal Cambodian Army

Years of service

1962–present

Rank

General

Commands

National Committee for Maritime Security

Battles/wars

Cambodian Civil War

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Tea Banh (Khmer: ទៀ បាញ់ [tiə ɓaɲ]; born 5 November 1945)^[1] is a Cambodian politician and general. He was a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National Defence of Cambodia from 1987 until 2023.^[2] He is a former general and a member of the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in the 2003 elections.^[3] He was succeeded as defence minister by his eldest son Tea Seiha.

Personal life

Banh, whose birth name was "Tea Sangvan" later changed to Thai name, Sangvan Hin-kling (Thai: สังวาลย์ หินกลิ้ง) and "Tea Banh" in last,^[4] is of Sino-Thai descent. His father, a Thai-Chinese, was named Tea Toek (Thai: เต็ก; RTGS: Tek) and his mother Nou Peng Chenda (Thai: หนู เพ่งจินดา; RTGS: Nu Phengchinda), was an ethnic Thai.^[5]^[6] Banh married Tao Toeun (Thai: เตือนใจ ธรรมเกษร; RTGS: Tueanchai Thamma-keson), who is also an ethnic Thai, in 1975. They have three children, including Tea Seiha (also spelt Tea Seyha), the governor of Siem Reap province.^[7] Banh's brother Tea Vinh is the commander of the Royal Cambodian Navy.^[7]