The president of the Senate ( km, ប្រធានព្រឹទ្ធសភា, ) is the presiding officer of the upper chamber of the legislature of

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

. The Senate was created in 1972 during the

Khmer Republic The Khmer Republic ( km, សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ, ; french: République khmère) was a pro-United States military-led republican government of Cambodia that was formally declared on 9 October 1970. The Khmer Republic wa ...

replacing the previous upper house, the Council of Kingdom.

Presidents of the Senate

Presidents of the Council of Kingdom

Presidents of the Council of Kingdom (french: Président du Conseil du Royaume) from 1947 to 1972. There were 24 members in the council. The Constitution of 1947 established the Council of Kingdom to provide "advice" on the adoption of laws. Members were appointed by the

king King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

and the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

References

{{notelist Senate, President Cambodia, Senate 1972 establishments in Cambodia