Yem Ponhearith

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Yem. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Ponhearith.

Yem Ponhearith (Khmer: យ៉ែម បុញ្ញឫទ្ធិ; born 7 July 1960) is a Cambodian politician and was elected a Member of Parliament for Prey Veng in 2008.^[1] He is the Chairman of the Commission on Education, Youth, Sport, Religious Affairs, Culture and Tourism.^[2][3]

Yem Ponhearith
Member of Parliament for Prey Veng
In office 24 September 2008 – 16 November 2017
Majority	36,089 (6.3%)
Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Education
In office 27 August 2014 – 16 November 2017
Preceded by	Mom Chim Huy
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-07) 7 July 1960 (age 65) Kiri Vong, Takéo, Cambodia
Political party	Cambodia National Rescue Party (2012–17) Human Rights Party (2007–2012)

In 2018 police and officials from the Phnom Penh Culture Department seized copies of two books by Ponhearith - Human Value and, Vision to National Reconciliation and Social Arrangement. The books were published in France.^[4] According to the director of the culture department, Ponhearith had not obtained the required license for the book to be published.^[5]