Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen hints that he intends to step down when new government is installed

Hun Sen, the prime minister of Cambodia, hinted that he may step down when the country's new government is installed. The new government will be installed after July's general election.

He explicitly declared his support in December 2021 to have Hun Manet, Cambodia’s West Point-trained army commander, take over his job but only through elections.

Hun Manet, 45, holds several other key security posts, and in 2018 already had been elevated from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s 865-member Central Committee to its 37-member Standing Committee, the country’s key decision-making body, making him a de facto member of his father’s political inner circle.