Mr. Pan Sorasak was appointed as Minister of Commerce of the Royal Government of Cambodia in April 2016.
Under his leadership, the Ministry of Commerce has pushed for the finalization of many draft laws and various amendments including food safety, competition, trade remedy, e-commerce and consumer protection, the latter three has been promulgated successfully in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Mr. Pan has overseen many reforms within the Ministry of Commerce, including the move toward automation of the Ministry’s public services and the re-organization of one of the Ministry’s directorates into a specialized agency for consumer protection, food safety and competition. He also spearheaded the successful second Trade Policy Review of Cambodia in 2017. As an avid follower of technology, Mr. Pan had initiated the drafting of the e-commerce law, the e-Ministry initiatives, the Ministry of Commerce’s ICT Master Plan & Trade Information Website as well as the creation and standardization of Khmer Unicode script in computers.
Mr. Pan has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
