List of presidents of the Senate (Cambodia)

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President of the Senate
ប្រធានព្រឹទ្ធសភា
Cambodia Senate logo.png
Seal of the Senate
Say Chhum 2012.JPG
Incumbent
Say Chhum
since 9 June 2015
Senate
StyleHis Excellency
StatusPresiding officer
AppointerElected by the Senate
Term lengthStart of each Senate session and upon a vacancy
Inaugural holderSaukam Khoy
Formation
  • 1972; 50 years ago (1972)
  • 25 March 1999 (re-established)
Abolished17 April 1975; 46 years ago (1975-04-17)
Websitesenate.gov.kh

The President of the Senate (Khmer: ប្រធានព្រឹទ្ធសភា, Prâthéan Prœ̆tthsâphéa [prɑtʰiən prɨt.sapʰiə]) is the presiding officer of the upper chamber of the legislature of Cambodia.

The senate was created in 1972 during the Khmer Republic replacing the previous upper house, the Council of Kingdom.[1]

Presidents of the Senate[]

Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of Office Political Party Senate
Took Office Left Office Time in Office
1 General Saukham Khoy.jpg Saukam Khoy
(1914–2008) 		1972[2] 1975 3 years Socio-Republican (1972)
Office nullified from 1975–1999
2 Chea Sim 3x4.jpg Chea Sim
(1932–2015) 		25 March 1999[3] 8 June 2015 16 years, 75 days CPP 1 (1999)
2 (2006)
3 (2012)
3 Say Chhum 2012.JPG Say Chhum
(1945–) 		9 June 2015 Incumbent 6 years, 240 days CPP
4 (2018)

Presidents of the Council of Kingdom[]

Presidents of the Council of Kingdom (French: Président du Conseil du Royaume) from 1947 to 1972. There were 24 members in the council. The Constitution of 1947 established the Council of Kingdom to provide "advice" on the adoption of laws. Members were appointed by the King and the National Assembly.[4]

Name Took office Left office Notes
1948 1950 [5]
Oum Chheang Sun January 1950 February 1952 [5][6]
Penn Nouth ?-1953 1953-?
Norodom Sihanouk October 1955 January 1956
Sim Var 1956 1958 [7][8]
1958 1959 [9][8]
1959 January 1960 [10]
Ek Yi Oun January 1960 1960 [8]
1960 1960 [11]
Sisowath Monireth 1960 ? [12]
Norodom Kantol ?-1962 1962-? [13]
?-1963 1969 [14][15]
1969 1969 [16][17]
1969 1971-? [18]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=0ebfcf62-a727-dd61-3315-55af9a4f7c0d&groupId=252038
  2. ^ The Europa World Year Book 1973
  3. ^ The Europa World Year Book 2003
  4. ^ https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=0ebfcf62-a727-dd61-3315-55af9a4f7c0d&groupId=252038. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ a b Preston, Paul; Partridge, Michael; Best, Antony; Office, Great Britain Foreign (5 May 2019). British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. From 1951 through 1956. Asia, 1951. LexisNexis. ISBN 9780886927233 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ http://camdevel.free.fr/pages/HOMMES-HISTOIRE%20DU%20CAMBODGE.pdf
  7. ^ "Current Notes on International Affairs". Department of Foreign Affairs. 5 May 2019 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b c Pan-asia Newspaper Alliance, Hongkong (5 May 1960). "The Asia Whos Who 3rd Edition" – via Internet Archive.
  9. ^ "Survey of China Mainland Press". American Consulate General. 1 July 1958 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Service, United States Foreign Broadcast Information (5 May 2019). "Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts" – via Google Books.
  11. ^ http://learning.asean.org/DATA/DOCUMENTS/2015/03/admin/enc_Cam0257_PDF.pdf.pdf
  12. ^ "Political Handbook of the World". Harper & Brothers. 5 May 1961 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Political handbook of the world". 1962.
  14. ^ Political Handbook and Atlas of the World. Council on Foreign Relations. 5 May 1966 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "Études cambodgiennes". Service de presse. 5 May 1969 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ "Survey of China Mainland Press". American Consulate General. 5 May 1968 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ Europa (5 May 2019). "The Europa Year Book 1970 A World Survey Vol.-ii" – via Internet Archive.
  18. ^ Kamm, Henry (23 April 1970). "Cambodian Crisis Grows as Troops Seem to Falter". The New York Times.
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