Royal Order of Sahametrei

Royal Order of Sahametrei
Commander Class Medal of the order Knight Class Medal of the order
Awarded by  Cambodia
Type	Order
Established	9 September 1948; 76 years ago (1948-09-09)
Awarded for	Distinguished services to the King and to the people of Cambodia
Status	Currently awarded
Grades	Grand Cross Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight
Ribbon of the order

The Royal Order of Sahametrei (Khmer: គ្រឿងឥស្សរិយយសលំដាប់សហមេត្រី) 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

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:

1. Maha Sirivudha (មហាសេរីវឌ្ឍន៍) or Grand Cross
2. Mahasena (មហាសេនា) or Grand Officer
3. Tepidin (ធិបឌិន្ទ) or Commander
4. Sena (សេនា) or Officer
5. Askararidha (អស្សឫទ្ធិ) 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

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. Benoît Duchâteau-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. Hervé Dallerac
	Grand Cross	Ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi
	Grand Officer	Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan
	Commander	Mr. 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 Hoàng Thế Thiện[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 Vallée
	Grand Officer	Mr. Romain Santon
	Grand Officer	Ms. Ashley Frederes
	Grand Officer	Ms. Lynn Sferrazza

See also

• Cambodian honours system
• Royal Order of Monisaraphon

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