Editing Chea Sim (section)

{{Short description|Cambodian politician (1932–2015)}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Chea|Sim}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Samdech|Samdech Akka Moha Thamma Pothisal]]
| name                = Chea Sim
| native_name         = {{nobold|ជា ស៊ីម}}
| image               = Chea Sim 3x4.jpg
| imagesize           = 
| caption             = Sim in 2012
| honorific-suffix    = 
| office              = [[List of presidents of the Senate (Cambodia)|President of the Senate]]
| monarch             = [[Norodom Sihanouk]]<br />[[Norodom Sihamoni]]
| term_start          = 25 March 1999
| term_end            = 8 June 2015
| predecessor         = [[Saukam Khoy]] (1972)
| successor           = [[Say Chhum]]
| office5             = [[Ministry of the Interior (Cambodia)|Minister of Interior]]
| primeminister5      = [[Son Sann]]
| term_start5         = 8 January 1979
| term_end5           = 27 June 1981
| office2             = [[List of presidents of the National Assembly of Cambodia|President of the National Assembly]]
| monarch2            = [[Norodom Sihanouk]]
| term_start2         = 6 October 1993
| term_end2           = 25 November 1998
| predecessor2        = [[Son Sann]]
| successor2          = [[Norodom Ranariddh]]
| president2          = [[Heng Samrin]]<br />Himself
| term_start3         = 27 June 1981
| term_end3           = 14 June 1993
| predecessor3        = [[Nuon Chea]]<br />{{small|as [[Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly|President of the Standing Committee]]}}
| successor3          = [[Son Sann]]
| office1             = [[Cambodian People's Party|President of the Cambodian People's Party]]
| deputy1             = [[Hun Sen]]
| term_start1         = 17 October 1991
| term_end1           = 8 June 2015
| predecessor1        = [[Heng Samrin]]<br />{{small|as [[General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party|General Secretary]]}}
| successor1          = [[Hun Sen]]
| office4             = [[List of heads of state of Cambodia|President of the Council of State]]
| primeminister4      = [[Hun Sen]]
| term_start4         = 6 April 1992
| term_end4           = 14 June 1993
| predecessor4        = [[Heng Samrin]]
| successor4          = [[Norodom Sihanouk]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1932|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Romeas Haek District|Romeas Haek]], [[Svay Rieng Province|Svay Rieng]], [[French Protectorate of Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[French Indochina]]
| death_place         = [[Phnom Penh]], [[Cambodia]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2015|6|8|1932|11|15|df=y}}
| party               = [[Cambodian People's Party]]
| spouse              = Nhem Soeun
| alma_mater          = 
| profession          = 
| signature           = 
| website             = 
| allegiance          = {{flag|Cambodia}}
| branch              = [[Royal Cambodian Army]]
| rank                = [[Field marshal|Five-Star General]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-letter-sihanouk-praises-five-star-leaders|title=Sihanouk praises five star leaders|accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cppdailynews.blogspot.com/2009/12/his-majesty-promotes-cambodian-leaders.html|title=His Majesty Promotes Cambodian Leaders to Five-Star General|date=27 December 2009 |accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref>
| native_name_lang    = km
}}
{{Contains special characters|Khmer}}

'''Chea Sim''' ({{langx|km|ជា ស៊ីម}}; 15 November 1932{{spaced ndash}}8 June 2015) was a [[Cambodia]]n [[politician]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chea-sim-dead-83 |title=Chea Sim dead at 83 |work=The Phnom Penh Post |accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref> He was President of the [[Cambodian People's Party]] from 1991 to 2015, President of the [[National Assembly of Cambodia]] from 1981 to 1998 (Vice President from June to October 1993) and President of the [[Senate of Cambodia|Senate]] from 1999 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/veteran-cambodia-politician-chea-sim-dies-82-150608103640052.html|title = Veteran Cambodia politician Chea Sim dies at 82|date = 8 June 2015|work = Aljazeera|access-date = 9 June 2015}}</ref> His official title was '''Samdech Akka Moha Thamma Pothisal Chea Sim''' ({{langx|km|សម្តេចអគ្គមហាធម្មពោធិ៍សាល ជា ស៊ីម|link=no}}).