His excellency PAN Sorasak serves as the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Commerce. He finished his first degree in Economics in France. When Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge, he moved from France to the USA and obtained his graduate degrees in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.

He felt it was his duty to return to Cambodia and contribute to its development. Since his return, he's made immense contributions to Cambodia as a pioneer of Khmer Unicode, an advocate for technology for the disabled, and an advocate of Aid for Trade policy.

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