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The
Royal Order of Sahametrei
(
Khmer
:
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) is a
chivalric order
conferred by the government of the
Kingdom of Cambodia
. The Royal Order of Sahametrei was instituted in three classes on 9 September 1948 and was expanded to five classes on 23 August 1956. The order was not used during the
Khmer Rouge
period and was reinstated on 5 October 1995 by Royal Decree No. 1095/01.
[1]
It is conferred primarily on foreigners who have rendered distinguished services to the King and to the people of Cambodia, particularly in the field of external relations and diplomatic services or, as a token of friendship.
The Royal Order of Sahametrei is part of the
Cambodia's honours system
which currently includes the
Royal Order of Monisaraphon
, the
Royal Order of Cambodia
and the Royal Order of Sowathara. The Grand Cross and Grand Officer is presented as a sash worn over the right shoulder. The Commander class of the Royal Order of Sahametrei is a
neck order
and is suspended from a cravat that is worn around the neck. The badge of the Officer and Knight are worn on the left breast.
History
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The Royal Order of Sahametrei was established by King
Norodom Sihanouk
on September 9, 1948. It was instituted in three classes but expanded on August 23, 1956 to five classes:
- Maha Sirivudha (?????????????) or Grand Cross
- Mahasena (???????) or Grand Officer
- Tepidin (????????) or Commander
- Sena (????) or Officer
- Askararidha (?????????) or Knight
The order became dormant in 1975 under the government of
Democratic Kampuchea
. It was reinstituted by Royal Decree No.1095/01 on 5 October 1995 by King Norodom Sihanouk.
Recipients
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Year appointed
|
Class
|
Name
|
Post-nominals
|
1956
|
Knight & Commander
|
J.M. Abdul Aziz
|
1973
|
Knight
|
Mr. Joseph A. Hazbun
|
1974
|
Officerh
|
Mr. Louis Mason
|
1982
|
Commander
|
Mr. Colin pratt
|
1998
|
Knight
|
Mr. Giuseppe Di Bella
|
Officer
|
Mr. Christophe Peschoux
|
Officer
|
Ms. Rut Hugo
|
Officer
|
Mr. Christophe Horvath
|
1999
|
Grand Cross
|
Ali Alatas
[2]
|
Commander
|
Dr. Peter Schier
|
|
Masaharu Kono
|
|
Lakhan Mehrotra
[3]
|
2000
|
Commander
|
Mr. Glenn Denning
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. Benoit Duchateau-Arminjon
|
2001
|
Grand Cross
|
Dr.Thaksin Shinawatra
|
2002
|
Grand Officer
|
Dr.Surakiart Sathirathai
|
Knight
|
Mr. Colin Poole
|
Knight
|
James McCabe
|
2003
|
Commander
|
Dr.
Haruhisa Handa
[4]
|
|
Dr. Gary Jacques
|
Officer
|
Dr. Graham J.Gumley
|
Knight
|
Mr. Nicolaas P. van Zalinge
Jorgen G. Jensen
|
Officer
|
Mr. Pierre Tami
|
2004
|
Officer
|
Mr. Maamar Ferkoun
|
Officer
|
Mr. Ian Marshall
|
2006
|
|
Mr. John McGeoghan
|
|
M. S. Swaminathan
|
|
Dr. Ronald Cantrell
|
|
Ms. Lisa Filipetto
|
|
Mr. Blair Exell
|
|
Ms. Fleur Davies
|
|
Rian Dixon
|
|
Dr. Peter Core
|
|
Ms. Shu Fukai
|
|
Dr. John Skerritt
|
|
Dr. Jung-Chaee Keng
|
|
Dr. Ja-Ock Guh
|
Knight
|
Dr. M. C. Nandeesha
|
2007
|
|
Dr. Chris Barlow
[5]
|
Commander
|
Ong Keng Yong
[6]
|
2008
|
|
Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing
[1]
|
Commander
|
Lt. Gen.
Peter Leahy
|
Commander
|
Mr. Andrew J. Malanga
|
2009
|
Commander
|
Mr. Kazuhiro Yoneda
|
Knight
|
Dr. Dirk Van Aken
|
2010
|
Officer
|
Dr. Jenny Daltry
|
Commander
|
Mr. Fernand Desmyter
|
Officer
|
Mr. Lodewijk Van Schel
|
|
Mr. Steven Hyde
[7]
|
|
Mr. Freddy Wens
|
|
Mr. Jacques Dezeure
|
|
Mr. Robert Kee
|
2011
|
Commander
|
Mr. Michael Kilburn
|
Grand Cross
|
Ms. Shi Dayuan
|
Grand Officer
|
Ms. Lin Hua
|
Officer
|
Mr. Karl Gerner
|
Grand Cross
|
Mr. Anthony Lisle
|
Knight
|
Ms. Lu Wang
|
2012
|
Commander
|
Pyone Maung Maung
[8]
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. Anthony Lisle
|
Commander
|
Mr. Domenic Friguglietti
|
2013
|
Grand Cross
|
Mr. Steve Penfold
|
Commander
|
Ms. Usha Mishra
|
Commander
|
Ms. Megan Anderson
|
Commander
|
Mr. Freddy Wens
|
Officer
|
Mr. Janne Ritskes
[9]
|
Knight
|
Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan
|
Knight
|
Mr. Tony Langer
|
Knight
|
Mr. Robert Rice
|
Knight
|
Mr. Gerard Leenen
[10]
|
Knight
|
Ms. Megan McCoy
|
Knight
|
Mr. Leon Len Austin
|
Officer
|
Mr. Jan Erik Støa
|
Officer
|
Mr. Mike James
|
2014
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr.
Preet Bharara
|
Grand Officer
|
Ms. Sharon Cohen Levin
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr.
William E. Todd
|
Grand Officer
|
Datuk Leong Yeng Kit
|
Commander
|
Lt. Colonel Kristen Means
|
Commander
|
Mr. Alexander Wilson
|
Commander
|
Ir. Mohd Nizam Bin Mohd Nawi
|
Commander
|
Ms. Sarah Paul
|
Commander
|
Ms. Christine Magdo
|
Commander
|
Ms. Sarah Krissoff
|
Commander
|
Mr. Eric Bourdonneau
|
Commander
|
Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan
[11]
|
Commander
|
Mr. Leon Len Austin
[11]
|
Commander
|
Ms. Emma Atkinson
|
Commander
|
Mr. Stanley Brown
|
Commander
|
Ms. Julie Chung
|
Commander
|
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation
|
Commander
|
Mr. Roger Ray Hess
|
Commander
|
Ms. Andrea Acerbis
|
Commander
|
Ms. Shashi Dharan
|
Officer
|
Mr. Daniel Brazier
|
Officer
|
Mr. Nicholas Wolf
|
Officer
|
Mr. Tokyo Bak
|
Officer
|
Mr. Brenton Easter
|
Officer
|
Fong Tchan
|
Officer
|
Ms. Christina LoPresti
|
Officer
|
Mr. Thomas Wotka
|
Officer
|
Mr. Robert Rice
[11]
|
Officer
|
Mr. Marcel Durocher
[11]
|
Officer
|
Mr. Alistair Moir
[12]
|
Officer
|
Mr. Allan Vosburgh
|
Officer
|
Mr. Michael L. Trocino
|
Officer
|
Mr. Nicholas Street
|
2015
|
Grand Cross
|
Ms. Azedine Beschaouch
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. Russell Schmieder
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. Harry Wormald
|
Commander
|
Mr. Michael Chippendale
|
Commander
|
Mr. Jonathan D. Green
|
Commander
|
Ms. Maamar FERKOUN
|
Commander
|
Mr. Paul Jonathan Freer
|
Commander
|
Mr. Barry Sutherland
|
Commander
|
Dr. Laura Watson
|
Commander
|
Mr. Daniel Friendly
|
Commander
|
Mr. Michael Hodgson
|
Officer
|
Mr. Lloyd Ngoh
|
Officer
|
Mr. Alexander C. Arcinas
|
Officer
|
Mr. William T. Grau
|
Officer
|
Ms. Elisia Correa
|
Officer
|
Mr. Michael Nisi
|
2016
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. Denis Schrey
|
Commander
|
Dr. Daniel Heilmann
|
Commander
|
Mr. John D. Rennie
|
Grand Cross
|
Mr. Scott Neeson
|
Grand Cross
|
Mr. James McCabe
|
Grand Cross
|
Mr. Alan Lemon
|
Officer
|
Mr. Patrick Ramsing
|
2017
|
Officer
|
Mr. Herve Dallerac
|
Grand Cross
|
Ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan
|
Commander
|
Ms. Nicholas Guest
|
Commander
|
Mr. Aksel Steen-Nilsen
|
Officer
|
Dr. Dirk Van Aken
|
Knight
|
Dr. Lutgardo C. Punzalan
|
Commander
|
Dr. Leul Ayalew MEKONNEN
|
2018
|
Grand Cross
|
Dato' Sri Kee Yong Wee
|
Grand Cross
|
Ms. Datin Sri Mah Ming Yuet
|
Grand Cross
|
Ms. Samiuela Tulikifanga Tukuafu
|
Grand Cross
|
Lt. General
Suhartono
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. Jasper Martijn Paas
|
Officer
|
Mr. Edwin Faigmane
|
Commander
|
Mr. Don Brewster
[13]
|
Commander
|
Mr. Martin Reeve
|
Commander
|
Ms.
Etta Suhartono
|
Commander
|
Mr. Eric Meldrum
|
|
2019
|
Grand Cross
|
Mr. Arnaud Laillou
|
Grand Cross
|
Mr. Ted Sussman
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. John Geden (Hampshire Police)
[14]
|
Grand Cross
|
Msgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler
[15]
|
Grand Cross
|
Major General Hoang Th? Thi?n
[16]
|
2020
|
Grand Cross
|
Dr. Mile Glamcevski
[17]
|
Commander
|
Mr. Nigel Lee Lecturer in Criminology
[18]
|
Grand Officer
|
Mr. Michael Tan, former Ambassador of Singapore
[19]
|
Grand Cross
|
Mr. Andrew Lin
|
Officer
|
COL Edmund Tan Chong Kuang
|
2022
|
Commander
|
Mr. Volkan Ozturk
[20]
|
Grand Officer
|
Dr. Turobova Tatiana
[21]
|
Grand Officer
|
Dr. Shevaldin Anatoly
|
2023
|
Grand Cross
|
Gen.
Dudung Abdurachman
[22]
|
Grand Cross
|
Pr. Thomas Vallee
|
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