# Royal Order of Sahametrei

The Royal Order of Sahametrei (Khmer: គ្រឿងឥស្សរិយយសលំដាប់សហមេត្រី, Krœăng Ĕssârĭyôyôs Lumdăb Sâhâmétrei) 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. 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:
* Maha Sirivudha (មហាសេរីវឌ្ឍន៍) or Grand Cross
* Mahasena (មហាសេនា) or Grand Officer
* Tepidin (ធិបឌិន្ទ) or Commander
* Sena (សេនា) or Officer
* 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 |
| 1956 | Knight & Commander | J.M. Abdul Aziz |
| 1973 | Knight | Mr. Joseph A. Hazbun |
| 1974 | Officer | Mr. Louis Mason |
| 1982 | Commander | Mr. Colin pratt |
| 1998 | Knight | Mr. Giuseppe Di Bella |
| 1998 | Officer | Mr. Christophe Peschoux |
| 1998 | Officer | Ms. Rut Hugo |
| 1998 | Officer | Mr. Christophe Horvath |
| 1999 | Grand Cross | Ali Alatas |
| 1999 | Commander | Dr. Peter Schier |
| 1999 | | Masaharu Kono |
| 1999 | | Lakhan Mehrotra |
| 2000 | Commander | Mr. Glenn Denning |
| 2000 | Grand Officer | Mr. Benoît Duchâteau-Arminjon |
| 2001 | Grand Cross | Dr.Thaksin Shinawatra |
| 2002 | Grand Officer | Dr.Surakiart Sathirathai |
| 2002 | Knight | Mr. Colin Poole |
| 2002 | Knight | James McCabe |
| 2003 | Commander | Dr. Haruhisa Handa |
| 2003 | | Dr. Gary Jacques |
| 2003 | Officer | Dr. Graham J.Gumley |
| 2003 | Knight | Mr. Nicolaas P. van Zalinge Jorgen G. Jensen |
| 2003 | Officer | Mr. Pierre Tami |
| 2004 | Officer | Mr. Maamar Ferkoun |
| 2004 | Officer | Mr. Ian Marshall |
| 2006 | | Mr. John McGeoghan |
| 2006 | | M. S. Swaminathan |
| 2006 | | Dr. Ronald Cantrell |
| 2006 | | Ms. Lisa Filipetto |
| 2006 | | Mr. Blair Exell |
| 2006 | | Ms. Fleur Davies |
| 2006 | | Rian Dixon |
| 2006 | | Dr. Peter Core |
| 2006 | | Ms. Shu Fukai |
| 2006 | | Dr. John Skerritt |
| 2006 | | Dr. Jung-Chaee Keng |
| 2006 | | Dr. Ja-Ock Guh |
| 2006 | Knight | Dr. M. C. Nandeesha |
| 2007 | | Dr. Chris Barlow |
| 2007 | Commander | Ong Keng Yong |
| 2008 | | Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing |
| 2008 | Commander | Lt. Gen. Peter Leahy |
| 2008 | Commander | Mr. Andrew J. Malanga |
| 2009 | Commander | Mr. Kazuhiro Yoneda |
| 2009 | Knight | Dr. Dirk Van Aken |
| 2010 | Officer | Dr. Jenny Daltry |
| 2010 | Commander | Mr. Fernand Desmyter |
| 2010 | Officer | Mr. Lodewijk Van Schel |
| 2010 | | Mr. Steven Hyde |
| 2010 | | Mr. Freddy Wens |
| 2010 | | Mr. Jacques Dezeure |
| 2010 | | Mr. Robert Kee |
| 2011 | Commander | Mr. Michael Kilburn |
| 2011 | Grand Cross | Ms. Shi Dayuan |
| 2011 | Grand Officer | Ms. Lin Hua |
| 2011 | Officer | Mr. Karl Gerner |
| 2011 | Grand Cross | Mr. Anthony Lisle |
| 2011 | Knight | Ms. Lu Wang |
| 2012 | Commander | Pyone Maung Maung |
| 2012 | Grand Officer | Mr. Anthony Lisle |
| 2012 | Commander | Mr. Domenic Friguglietti |
| 2013 | Grand Cross | Mr. Steve Penfold |
| 2013 | Commander | Ms. Usha Mishra |
| 2013 | Commander | Ms. Megan Anderson |
| 2013 | Commander | Mr. Freddy Wens |
| 2013 | Officer | Mr. Janne Ritskes |
| 2013 | Knight | Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan |
| 2013 | Knight | Mr. Tony Langer |
| 2013 | Knight | Mr. Robert Rice |
| 2013 | Knight | Mr. Gerard Leenen |
| 2013 | Knight | Ms. Megan McCoy |
| 2013 | Knight | Mr. Leon Len Austin |
| 2013 | Officer | Mr. Jan Erik Støa |
| 2013 | Officer | Mr. Mike James |
| 2014 | Grand Officer | Mr. Preet Bharara |
| 2014 | Grand Officer | Ms. Sharon Cohen Levin |
| 2014 | Grand Officer | Mr. William E. Todd |
| 2014 | Grand Officer | Datuk Leong Yeng Kit |
| 2014 | Commander | Lt. Colonel Kristen Means |
| 2014 | Commander | Mr. Alexander Wilson |
| 2014 | Commander | Ir. Mohd Nizam Bin Mohd Nawi |
| 2014 | Commander | Ms. Sarah Paul |
| 2014 | Commander | Ms. Christine Magdo |
| 2014 | Commander | Ms. Sarah Krissoff |
| 2014 | Commander | Mr. Eric Bourdonneau |
| 2014 | Commander | Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan |
| 2014 | Commander | Mr. Leon Len Austin |
| 2014 | Commander | Ms. Emma Atkinson |
| 2014 | Commander | Mr. Stanley Brown |
| 2014 | Commander | Ms. Julie Chung |
| 2014 | Commander | Golden West Humanitarian Foundation |
| 2014 | Commander | Mr. Roger Ray Hess |
| 2014 | Commander | Ms. Andrea Acerbis |
| 2014 | Commander | Ms. Shashi Dharan |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Daniel Brazier |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Nicholas Wolf |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Tokyo Bak |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Brenton Easter |
| 2014 | Officer | Fong Tchan |
| 2014 | Officer | Ms. Christina LoPresti |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Thomas Wotka |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Robert Rice |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Marcel Durocher |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Alistair Moir |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Allan Vosburgh |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Michael L. Trocino |
| 2014 | Officer | Mr. Nicholas Street |
| 2015 | Grand Cross | Ms. Azedine Beschaouch |
| 2015 | Grand Officer | Mr. Russell Schmieder |
| 2015 | Grand Officer | Mr. Harry Wormald |
| 2015 | Commander | Mr. Michael Chippendale |
| 2015 | Commander | Mr. Jonathan D. Green |
| 2015 | Commander | Ms. Maamar FERKOUN |
| 2015 | Commander | Mr. Paul Jonathan Freer |
| 2015 | Commander | Mr. Barry Sutherland |
| 2015 | Commander | Dr. Laura Watson |
| 2015 | Commander | Mr. Daniel Friendly |
| 2015 | Commander | Mr. Michael Hodgson |
| 2015 | Officer | Mr. Lloyd Ngoh |
| 2015 | Officer | Mr. Alexander C. Arcinas |
| 2015 | Officer | Mr. William T. Grau |
| 2015 | Officer | Ms. Elisia Correa |
| 2015 | Officer | Mr. Michael Nisi |
| 2016 | Grand Officer | Mr. Denis Schrey |
| 2016 | Commander | Dr. Daniel Heilmann |
| 2016 | Commander | Mr. John D. Rennie |
| 2016 | Grand Cross | Mr. Scott Neeson |
| 2016 | Grand Cross | Mr. James McCabe |
| 2016 | Grand Cross | Mr. Alan Lemon |
| 2016 | Officer | Mr. Patrick Ramsing |
| 2017 | Officer | Mr. Hervé Dallerac |
| 2017 | Grand Cross | Ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi |
| 2017 | Grand Officer | Mr. Allen Dodgson Tan |
| 2017 | Commander | Mr. Nicholas Guest |
| 2017 | Commander | Mr. Aksel Steen-Nilsen |
| 2017 | Officer | Dr. Dirk Van Aken |
| 2017 | Knight | Dr. Lutgardo C. Punzalan |
| 2017 | Commander | Dr. Leul Ayalew MEKONNEN |
| 2018 | Grand Cross | Dato' Sri Kee Yong Wee |
| 2018 | Grand Cross | Ms. Datin Sri Mah Ming Yuet |
| 2018 | Grand Cross | Ms. Samiuela Tulikifanga Tukuafu |
| 2018 | Grand Cross | Lt. General Suhartono |
| 2018 | Grand Officer | Mr. Jasper Martijn Paas |
| 2018 | Officer | Mr. Edwin Faigmane |
| 2018 | Commander | Mr. Don Brewster |
| 2018 | Commander | Mr. Martin Reeve |
| 2018 | Commander | Ms. Etta Suhartono |
| 2018 | Commander | Mr. Eric Meldrum |
| 2019 | Grand Cross | Mr. Arnaud Laillou |
| 2019 | Grand Cross | Mr. Ted Sussman |
| 2019 | Grand Officer | Mr. John Geden (Hampshire Police) |
| 2019 | Grand Cross | Msgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler |
| 2019 | Grand Cross | Major General Hoàng Thế Thiện |
| 2020 | Grand Cross | Dr. Mile Glamcevski |
| 2020 | Commander | Mr. Nigel Lee Lecturer in Criminology |
| 2020 | Grand Officer | Mr. Michael Tan, former Ambassador of Singapore |
| 2020 | Grand Cross | Mr. Andrew Lin |
| 2020 | Officer | COL Edmund Tan Chong Kuang |
| 2022 | Commander | Mr. Volkan Ozturk |
| 2022 | Grand Officer | Dr. Turobova Tatiana |
| 2022 | Grand Officer | Dr. Shevaldin Anatoly |
| 2023 | Grand Cross | Gen. Dudung Abdurachman |
| 2023 | Grand Cross | Pr. Thomas Vallée |
| 2023 | Grand Officer | Mr. Romain Santon |
| 2023 | Grand Officer | Ms. Ashley Frederes |
| 2023 | Grand Officer | Ms. Lynn Sferrazza |