Facts: - president: sam rainsy heng samrin - party: cambodia national rescue party - predecessor: office created nguon nhel position established seat established - otherparty: human -lrb- 1999 -- 2002 -rrb- buddhist liberal democratic party -lrb- rights 1993 -- 1999 -rrb- party -lrb- 2007 -- 2012 -rrb- funcinpec - birth date: 27 june 1953 - profession: politician - order: vice of parliament for kampong cham president of the human rights president party member of the senate of the cambodia national rescue party member - vicepresident: son soubert pen sovan - spouse: te chanmono - office: first parliament for kandal vice president of the national assembly member of - term end: 1998 17 july 2012 2001 - name: kem sokha - website: kem sokha - birth place: tram kak , takeo , cambodia - signature: kem sokha signature.png - successor: son soubert chhim siek leng - alma mater: institute royal university of law and economics -lrb- ll.m -rrb- of chemical technology in prague -lrb- m.s. -rrb- - children: kem monovithya kem samathida - term start: 17 1993 22 july 2007 1999 july 2012 26 august 2014 24 september 2008 - image: kem sokha -lrb- 2013 -rrb- . jpg border - religion: theravada buddhism Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kem sokha .
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kem sokha -lrb- ; born 27 june 1953 -rrb- is a cambodian politician and vice president of the cambodia national rescue party -lrb- cnrp -rrb- .he has been the first vice president of the national assembly of cambodia since 2014 , and he represents kampong cham as its member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- .from 2007 to 2012 , sokha was the leader of the human rights party , which he founded .his political career began in 1993 , when he was elected a representative for takeo ; at that time he was a member of son sann 's buddhist liberal democratic party .in 1999 , he joined the royalist funcinpec and subsequently elected a senator .he resigned from his senate seat in 2001 .in the 2008 elections , the human rights party gained three seats in the national assembly .kem sokha is well known for his weekly town hall meetings at local level throughout the country .he was the first to introduce a free and open forum discussing issues concerning civic and political rights , as well as social and economic development , at village level in cambodia .kem sokha is known for his non-violent , political tolerant policy standing on democratic and unity principles .his words are often quoted and repeated by ordinary cambodians .his phrase '' do min do '' -lrb- literal translation to english : '' change or no change '' -rrb- became the anthem for the cambodia national rescue party 's election campaign in july 2013 , which drew an unprecedented amount of youth participation .on 26 august 2014 , kem sokha was elected by the national assembly as its first vice president with 116 votes , the first opposition mp to hold the office .