Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum Politician

Chau Sen Cocsal (Khmer: ចៅ សែនកុសល; 9 September 1905 – 22 January 2009), also known as "Chhum" (Khmer: ឈុំ), was a Cambodian civil servant and politician who served as interim Prime Minister of Cambodia in 1962 and President of the National Assembly twice in 1962–63 and 1966–68. Having lived for 7002103000000000000103 years, 7002135000000000000135 days, he is the oldest lived Prime Minister of Cambodia and the longest-lived leader of a nation in recorded history. Chhum was awarded the honorary title "Samdech" in 1993 by King Norodom Sihanouk.

Personal facts

Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
Alias (AKA)Chhum
Birth dateSeptember 09, 1905
Birth place
Vietnam , Tri Tôn
Religion
Buddhism
Date of deathJanuary 22, 2009
Place of death
Phnom Penh , Cambodia

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Office holder

office
President of the National Assembly of Cambodia
Prime Minister of Cambodia
party
Sangkum
president
prime minister
Son Sann

Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.norodomsihanouk.info/mes2009/janvier/textes/2601/2601txt1.htm
  2. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012823867/National-news/A-final-goodbye-to-Cambodia-s-last-great-civil-servant.html