Early Life and Education
Meas was born in Banieve village, Banieve Commune, Chhouk district, Kampot Province on April 9, 1955. He is the only child of Meas Nora and Men Lorn, who originated from poor farming families. Meas worked as a cake seller during his school years. Due to the civil war that ravaged the country (followed by U.S. and South Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia 1970), he joined the Cambodian Nation Front Movement Liberation as a private at age 16.
Meas studied at the local elementary school in Banieve. From 1969 to 1970, he was a student at the Chhouk High-School. Due to the civil war in Cambodia, Meas Sophea went to Vietnam to complete his studies between 1975 and 1977, receiving a diploma. He earned his bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and completed his Ph.D in Military Science at the Military Academy Institute of Da Lat, Vietnam in 2010.
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