Hor Nambora

Hor Nambora (or Nam Bora, born 27 July 1957) is the ambassador of Cambodia to the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Nordic countries and Ethiopia as of 2012.[1][2] His father is Cambodian diplomat and politician Hor Namhong.[3]

Living as an exile in Paris, Nambora was studying physics and mathematics but earned no any degree.[3] Believing they represented a fresh hope for the war-torn country, Nambora returned to Cambodia where he was immediately interned in a labour camp where his father Hor Namhong served as a chief of Being Trabek Prison.[3] He worked as a researcher at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum from 1980 to 1985 and as director of the Humanitarian Relief Committee in Kompong Som Port from 1986 to 1987.[1][3] In 1988 he joined the Foreign Ministry and within a few years was appointed to posts in Thailand and then with the United Nations in Geneva.[3]

In 1996 Nambora returned to Cambodia to enter politics, accepting the titles of Under-secretary of State and Foreign Affairs Adviser from prime minister Hun Sen.[3] In 1999 he, with help of his father Hor Namhong, returned to diplomacy when he was appointed ambassador to Australia and New Zealand.[3] Nambora used his position there to improve ties between ASEAN leaders and those countries.[3] In 2004 he was transferred to London when he was appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden.[1] He became the first Cambodian ambassador to the United Kingdom since the embassy was abandoned in 1975.[3] In 2011 the ambassadorship to Ethiopia was added to his responsibilities.[1]