A camera lens assembly for a portable terminal. The camera lens assembly comprises a cylindrical housing having a receiving space extended in the longitudinal direction thereof, a camera holder inserted into or drawn out from the housing at one end of the housing, a bracket fixed to the end of the camera holder and linearly reciprocated in the housing, a guide plate linearly reciprocated on the bracket in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bracket and having a guide groove formed in the shape of a prescribed figure, a supporting cap attached to the other end of the housing and having a guide protrusion formed at the inner circumferential surface thereof and slidably moved along the guide groove for stopping the linear movement of the bracket at least once, and a spring supported by the supporting cap at one end thereof for applying an elastic force to the camera holder in the direction of drawing out the camera holder from the housing.