Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum
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Samdech Chau Sen Cocsal GCC CLH |
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Chhum in November 2004.
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| 21st Prime Minister of Cambodia | |
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In office 6 August 1962 – 6 October 1962 |
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| President | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Preceded by | Nhiek Tioulong |
| Succeeded by | Norodom Kantol |
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Chau Sen Cocsal 9 September 1905 An Giang, Vietnam |
| Died | 22 January 2009 (aged 103) Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Nationality | Cambodian |
| Political party | Sangkum (until 1970) |
| Spouse(s) | Vann Thi Hai |
| Children | 4 |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Ethnicity | Khmer Krom |
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. He lived for 103 years, 135 days, making him the oldest-lived state leader in the world with the known date of birth and death. The only leader possibly longer living than him is another Cambodian Prime Minister, Ek Yi Oun (1910-2013). Chhum was awarded the honorary title "Samdech" in 1993 by King Norodom Sihanouk.
Chhum was born into an ethnic Khmer (Khmer Krom) family in the commune of Tri Tôn, Châu Đốc Province (today renamed as An Giang Province), Vietnam on 9 September 1905. Chuum attended primary school at Phnom Penh before moving to Saigon where he attended the Lycée Chasseloup Laubac. At the age of 21, Chhum became the first Cambodian to graduate there, with a baccalaureate in French and Philosophy. Upon graduation, he began a career in the French Colonial Administration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with the position of Second Class Civil Servant (Cadre Supérieur de Deuxième Classe / Anuk Montrei).
In 1928, Chau Sen Cocsal was promoted Deputy Governor of Takéo Province (Gouverneur Adjoint), then successively posted in Tralach District, Takéo Province, in 1931 and Thbaung Khmaum, Kompong Cham Province, in 1935. In 1938, Chhum became Governor of Svay Rieng Province. From 1940 to 1944, he was Governor of Kompong Chhnang Province. During World War II, Chhum refused to supply forced labour to the Japanese occupying forces in Cambodia and joined resistance in the jungle.
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