| Yem Ponhearith | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Prey Veng |
| Term Start: | 24 September 2008 |
| Term End: | 16 November 2017 |
| Majority: | 36,089 (6.3%) |
| Office1: | Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Education |
| Term Start1: | 27 August 2014 |
| Term End1: | 16 November 2017 |
| Predecessor1: | Mom Chim Huy |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Kiri Vong, Takéo, Cambodia |
Yem Ponhearith (Central 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]
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]