Leaked peak at Cambodia’s post-election, new-gen roster

Leaked documents show CPP grandees will hand Cabinet posts to their children as Hun Manet replaces Hun Sen at the top after July 23 poll.

Cambodia will undergo monumental “generational succession” after next weekend’s general election, with Prime Minister Hun Sen set to step down after almost four decades in power and be replaced by his eldest son Hun Manet, according to leaked official documents seen by Asia Times.

Apart from Hun Sen’s own dynastic succession, which will see Hun Manet, 45, take over as prime minister, the sons of powerful Interior Minister Sar Kheng and Defense Minister Tea Banh will also inherit their fathers’ jobs, according to the leaked lists.

Of 30 cabinet posts, there will purportedly be 23 new ministers when the next cabinet is formed, which Hun Sen has said will happen by the end of August. All but one of the ten incumbent deputy prime ministers will retire, according to the same leaked lists.

In full: https://asiatimes.com/2023/07/leaked-peak-at-cambodias-post-election-new-gen-roster/

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