Minority Leader (Cambodia)

The Minority Leader (Khmer: ប្រធានក្រុមភាគតិច), or the Leader of the Opposition, leads the largest political party not in government in the National Assembly of Cambodia. The Minority Leader acts as a dialogue partner of the Prime Minister, and the Majority Leader. The official minority party must secure at least 25% of the total seats in Parliament.

Minority Leader of the National Assembly of Cambodia
ប្រធានក្រុមភាគតិចនៃរដ្ឋសភា
Parliament of Cambodia National Assembly of Cambodia
Style	His Excellency
Status	Leader of the Opposition
Seat	Phnom Penh
Term length	While leader of the largest political party not in government
Formation	22 January 2015; 10 years ago (2015-01-22)[1]
First holder	Sam Rainsy
Final holder	Kem Sokha
Abolished	31 January 2017; 8 years ago (2017-01-31)[2]
Salary	KHR 11,536,000 (MP's salary)[3]

The role was officially recognized by Parliament in November 2014,^[4] making Sam Rainsy the first official Minority Leader.^[1] However, prior to this, Rainsy had often been viewed as the de facto Leader of the Opposition.

As in nearly every parliamentary democracy around the world, the Minority Leader comes from the political party with the largest number of seats in the Parliament yet is not in government. The Minority Leader is often seen as a Prime Minister-in-waiting.

The position was abolished by Parliament on 31 January 2017.^[2]

List of opposition leaders

No	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
1	Sam Rainsy		22 January 2015	16 November 2015	Cambodia National Rescue Party
2	Kem Sokha		16 November 2015	31 January 2017	Cambodia National Rescue Party

See also

• List of prime ministers of Cambodia
• List of political parties in Cambodia
• Parliament of Cambodia