{{short description|Cambodian politician}} {{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Chea|Sophara}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = His Excellency | name = Chea Sophara | native_name = ជា សុផារ៉ា | honorific_suffix = MP | image = Chea Sophara March 2023 (cropped).jpg | office = Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia | prime_minister = Hun Sen | term_start = 6 September 2018 | term_end = 22 August 2023 | office1 = Chairman of the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution | term_start1 = 12 September 2018 | term_end1 = 22 August 2023 | prime_minister1 = Hun Sen | predecessor1 = Bin Chhin | successor1 = Say Sam Al | office2 = Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction | prime_minister2 = Hun Sen | term_start2 = 5 April 2016 | term_end2 = 22 August 2023 | predecessor2 = Im Chhun Lim | successor2 = Say Sam Al | constituency_MP3 = Tboung Khmum Province | term_start3 = 5 September 2018 | term_end3 = | office4 = Minister of Rural Development | prime_minister4 = Hun Sen | term_start4 = 25 September 2008 | term_end4 = 4 April 2016 | predecessor4 = | successor4 = Ouk Rabun | office5 = Governor of Phnom Penh | prime_minister5 = Hun Sen | term_start5 = 1998 | term_end5 = 2003 | predecessor5 = Chhim Siek Leng | successor5 = Kep Chuktema | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|3|20|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} | birth_place = Kampong Cham, Cambodia, French Indochina{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} | alma_mater = University of Health Sciences | party = Cambodian People's Party | website = {{URL|http://www.mlmupc.gov.kh/|Government website}} | children = Chea Sopha Pheaksa<br/>Chea Sophamaden | caption = Sophara in 2023 }} '''Chea Sophara''' ({{langx|km|ជា សុផារ៉ា}}; born 20 March 1953){{citation needed|date=April 2023}} is a Cambodian politician who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction since 2016.<ref>[https://www.phnompenhpost.com/gallery/eye-care-foundation-recognised-cambodias-highest-honour Deputy Prime Minister Chea Sophara grants Cambodias highest honour]. PhnomPenhPost.com (28 March 2023). Retrieved on 29 March 2023.</ref> From 2008 to 2016, he was Minister of Rural Development. He was also the Governor of Phnom Penh from 1998 to 2003. He is a Member of Parliament for Tbong Khmum Province, since 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlmupc.gov.kh/?page=detail&menu1=215&menu2=454&ctype=article&id=454&lg=en |title=His Excellency Mr. CHEA Sophara |publisher=Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction of Cambodia |website=mlmupc.gov.kh |accessdate=12 September 2018 |archive-date=12 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912165820/http://www.mlmupc.gov.kh/?page=detail&menu1=215&menu2=454&ctype=article&id=454&lg=en |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.information.gov.kh/articles/100326 Deputy Prime Minister Chea Sophara on 2023 of Tbong Khmum Province]. Ministry of Information Cambodian (23 March 2023). Retrieved on 24 March 2023.</ref>
==Personal life== Sophara has several children, including Chea Sopha Pheaksa, who is married to Tao Seng Huor's daughter Tao Madina, and Chea Sophamaden, who is married to Yim Chhaily's son Yim Leang.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dara |first=Michael Dickison, Mech |date=2020-10-28 |title=Businesswoman Who Received Boeng Tamok Plot Is Land Minister's Daughter |language=en-GB |work=VOD |url=https://vodenglish.news/businesswoman-who-received-boeng-tamok-plot-is-land-ministers-daughter/ |access-date=2023-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-01-17 |title=Elite's Children Find Love in a Hot Political Climate |url=https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/elites-children-find-love-in-a-hot-political-climate-870/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=The Cambodia Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Honours== *55px|ribbon bar Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100838122.pdf|title= 2025 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals|access-date= 2 May 2025|date= 2 May 2025|website= Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}</ref>
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{{Cabinet of Cambodia}}
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