Chea Soth

{{Short description|Cambodian politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Chea|Soth|lang=Cambodian}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Chea Soth

|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|km|ជា សុទ្ធ}}}}

|image =

|order =

|office = Member of the National Assembly

|constituency = Prey Veng Province

|term_start = 27 July 2003

|term_end = 21 January 2012

|predecessor =

|successor =

|order1 =

|office1 = Minister of Planning

|primeminister1 = Chan Sy
Hun Sen

|term_start1 = 1982

|term_end1 = 1993

|predecessor1 =

|successor1 =

|party = Cambodian People's Party

|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|3|3|df=y}}

|birth_place = Prey Veng, Cambodia

|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|1|21|1928|3|3|df=y}}

|death_place = Phnom Penh, Cambodia

}}

Chea Soth ({{langx|km|ជា សុទ្ធ}}; 3 March 1928{{spaced ndash}}21 January 2012) was a Cambodian politician. He belonged to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Prey Veng Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.[http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html "Election results"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630000000/http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/Result_2003/Result_2003.html |date=June 30, 2008 }}. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.{{cite news|url=https://kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/article/33873.html|title=សមាជិកសភាដែលមានវ័យចាស់ទុំជាងគេ លោកជា សុទ្ធ ទទួលមរណភាពជរាពាធ|newspaper=Koh Santepheap Daily|date=2012-01-22|access-date=2018-11-27}} He was Minister of Planning in the PRK government from 1982 to 1993.

Chea Soth died on 21 January 2012, at the age of 83.{{cite web|url=http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NjE5ZmZjOGEwMTZmMDcxMmE1ZjU1ZWE2YmNiNzA4|title=Veteran revolutionary Chea Soth dies|publisher=The Cambodia Herald|date=21 January 2012|accessdate=9 April 2014}}