Khieu Kanharith (Khmer: ខៀវ កញ្ញារីទ្ធ; born 13 September 1951) is a Cambodian politician and former Minister of Information.

[1] Kanharith was born in Phnom Penh to Khieu Than, who was a customs official and his wife Lor Lienghorn.

He also served on the Secretariat of the Supreme National Council, the body representing the four Cambodian factions which had signed the Paris Peace Agreements.

[3] He was conferred an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Information and Communications from The University of Cambodia in 2011.

[5] [2] He is also an author and translator, and has produced an unauthorized Khmer language version of the James Clavell novel Shōgun, which he has had printed with his own money.