Cham Prasidh

{{Short description|Cambodian politician}}

{{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Cham|Prasidh}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Cham Prasidh

| honorific-suffix = MP

| image = Cham Prasith UNIDO.jpg

| office = Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation{{efn|Minister of Industry and Handicrafts from 2013 to 2020.}}

| primeminister = Hun Sen

| deputy =

| term_start = 24 September 2013

| term_end = 22 August 2023

| predecessor = Suy Sem, as Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy

| successor = Hem Vanndy

{{collapsed infobox section begin}}

| office2 = Minister of Commerce

| primeminister2 = Norodom Ranariddh
Ung Huot
Hun Sen

| term_start2 = 24 October 1994

| term_end2 = 24 September 2013

| predecessor2 = Var Huot

| successor2 = Sun Chanthol

| order3 =

| office3 = Member of Parliament
for Siem Reap

| lieutenant3 =

| term_start3 = 25 November 1998

| term_end3 = 28 July 2013

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 =

| office4 = Member of Parliament
for Kep

| term_start4 = 23 September 2013

| term_end4 =

| majority4 = 10,134 (50.72%)

{{collapsed infobox section end}}

| birth_name = Ung You Teckhor

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|5|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Phnom Penh, Cambodia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Cambodian People's Party

| spouse = Tep Bopha

| alma_mater = University of Phnom Penh

| caption = Prasidh in 2014

}}

Cham Prasidh ({{langx|km|ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ}}; born 15 May 1951) is the Cambodian former Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation.[http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/nr040807104143/nr040807105001/ns080218162445 Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia meet on development triangle]{{cite web|url=https://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-changes-its-name-scope-operations|title=Ministry changes its name, scope of operations|publisher=The Phnom Penh Post|date=26 January 2020|accessdate=31 January 2020}} His Chinese name is 黃裕德虎.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} Mr Prasidh previously served as a Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce for 19 years (1994-2013).{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Siem Reap Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 1993, 1998, and 2003 and was elected to represent Kep Province in 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023 [http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html "Election results"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630211011/http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html |date=June 30, 2008 }}. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.

Cham was born Ung You TeckhorGottesman (2004), p. 427 to an ethnic Chinese family who were engaged in Entrepot trade. His father, Ung You Y, served as the member of parliament for Stung Treng province during Lon Nol's regime before the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia.Gottesman (2004), p. 291

After the 2013 general elections, the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy was split into two separate ministries: the Ministry of Industry and the Handicrafts and Ministry of Mines and Energy with the reasoning that the scale of work was too big for one ministry to handle.{{Cite news|url = https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/industry-ministry-to-be-split-new-handicraft-focus-46782/|title = Industry Ministry to Be Split, New 'Handicraft' Focus|last = Kuch|first = Naren|date = November 9, 2013|work =The Cambodia Daily |access-date = January 30, 2015}} Since March 2020, the ministry was revamped as Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation.