Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | |
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ចៅ សែនកុសល ឈុំ | |
Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia | |
In office 6 August 1962 – 6 October 1962 | |
Monarch | Sisowath Kossamak |
President | Norodom Sihanouk |
Preceded by | Nhiek Tioulong |
Succeeded by | Norodom Kantol |
President of the National Assembly | |
In office 1966–1968 | |
In office 1962–1963 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tri Tôn, Châu Đốc, Cochinchina,French Indochina (now An Giang, Vietnam) | 1 September 1905
Died | 22 January 2009 Phnom Penh, Cambodia | (aged 103)
Nationality | Cambodian |
Political party | Sangkum (1955–1970) |
Spouse |
Vann Thi Hai (m. 1940) |
Children | 7 |
Relatives | Koun Wick (cousin)[1] |
Ethnicity | Khmer Krom |
Chau Sen Cocsal (Khmer: ចៅ សែនកុសល, Chau Sênkŏsâl; 1 September 1905[2][1][3] – 22 January 2009), also known as Chhum (Khmer: ឈុំ, Chhŭm), was a Cambodian civil servant and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia in 1962 and President of the National Assembly twice, in 1962–1963 and 1966–1968. Chhum was awarded the honorary title "Samdech" in 1993 by King Norodom Sihanouk.