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Cambodia's Hun Sen endorses son as successor

3 December 2021
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2021-12-03 13:50

Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen declared his eldest son, army commander Hun Manet, as the nation's leader on Thursday.

Speaking at the inauguration of roads and other infrastructure projects in the southern province of Preah Sihanouk, the 69-year-old Hun Sen declared that Hun Manet is the best qualified candidate to succeed him when he steps down.

The 44-year-old Hun Manet, a West Point graduate, has the rank of lieutenant general and holds several important military posts. Besides being army chief, he is deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, a deputy commander of his father's elite bodyguard unit and chief of the country's counterterrorism force.

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