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{{Short description|Cambodian politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Say|Chhum}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br />''[[Samdech|Samdech Vibol Sena Pheakdey]]''
| name = Say Chhum
| native_name = {{nobold|សាយ ឈុំ}}
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Say Chhum 2019.jpg
| caption = Chhum in 2019
| office = 3rd [[President of the Senate (Cambodia)|President of the Senate]]
| monarch = [[Norodom Sihamoni]]
| vicepresident = {{list collapsed|title=''See list''|Ney Pena<br>[[Tep Ngorn]]<br>[[Sim Ka]]}}
| term_start = 9 June 2015
| term_end = 3 April 2024
| primeminister =
| successor = [[Hun Sen]]
| predecessor = [[Chea Sim]]
| office1 = Vice President of the [[Cambodian People's Party]]
| alongside1 = [[Sar Kheng]], [[Tea Banh]] and [[Men Sam An]], and [[Hun Manet]]
| term_start1 = 20 June 2015
| term_end1 =
| president1 = [[Hun Sen]]
| predecessor1 = Hun Sen
| office2 = [[List of Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Cambodia|Second Vice President of the National Assembly]]
| president2 = [[Heng Samrin]]
| term_start2 = 21 March 2006
| term_end2 = 25 April 2012
| predecessor2 = [[Nguon Nhel]]
| successor2 = [[Khuon Sodary]]
| office3 = [[List of Presidents of the Senate of Cambodia|First Vice President of the Senate]]
| term_start3 = 24 March 2012
| term_end3 = 9 June 2015
| president3 = [[Chea Sim]]
| successor3 = Ney Pena
| monarch3 =
| primeminister3 =
| constituency_MP4 = [[Kampong Speu (National Assembly constituency)|Kampong Speu]]
| term_start4 = 14 June 1993
| term_end4 = 24 March 2012
| successor4 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|02|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kampong Cham Province|Kampong Cham]], [[Japanese occupation of Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[French Indochina]]
| death_place =
| party = [[Cambodian People's Party]]
| spouse =
| children = 3, incl. [[Say Sam Al]]
| alma_mater =
| profession =
| religion =
| signature =
| website =
| branch =
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{{BLP sources|date=February 2010}}
'''Say Chhum ''' ({{langx|km|សាយ ឈុំ}}; born 5 February 1945) is a Cambodian politician who most recently served as the president of the [[Senate (Cambodia)|Senate of Cambodia]] from 2015 to 2024. He was the first vice president of the Senate until June 2015, when he succeeded [[Chea Sim]] upon the latter's death. He served as the Chairman of the Permanent Committee of the Central Committee of the [[Cambodian People's Party]].

He was elected to represent [[Kampong Speu Province]] in the [[National Assembly (Cambodia)|National Assembly]] in 2003.<ref>[http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html "Election results"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616211105/http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html |date=2008-06-16 }}. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.</ref> He also served as Second Vice-President of the National Assembly.

As First Vice-President of the Senate, Say Chhum served as acting Senate President when the ailing Chea Sim was absent. Shortly after Chea Sim's death, Say Chhum was unanimously elected as President of the Senate on 9 June 2015 by the 51 senators present.<ref> Khy Sovuthy and Mech Dara, [https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/say-chhum-replaces-chea-sim-as-senate-president-85275/ "Say Chhum replaces Chea Sim as Senate President"], ''The Cambodia Daily'', 10 June 2015.</ref>

His son, [[Say Sam Al]], was appointed Minister of the Environment in 2013.

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[[Category:1945 births]]
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[[Category:Members of the Senate (Cambodia)]]
[[Category:Cambodian People's Party politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Senate (Cambodia)]]

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