🇰🇭 WATCH: The 45-year-old Hun Manet is set to take over his father as Cambodia's next prime minister. TODAY spoke to foreign affairs experts to find out more about what this means for the country, its foreign policy and its neighbours such as Singapore.
SINGAPORE — Just three days after a landslide victory during Cambodia’s elections, Mr Hun Sen announced that he was stepping down from his post as prime minister.On Monday , Cambodia’s king appointed the 45-year-old as the country’s prime minister.
While he has kept a low-profile besides his social media activities, Dr Hun Manet had been helping with his father’s campaign duties this year, news agency AFP reported. During this time, he also pursued further studies abroad — earning a master’s degree in economics from New York University and a doctorate from Bristol University in the United Kingdom.Mr Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge commander who fled to Vietnam during Pol Pot’s regime. He became foreign minister after Vietnam ousted the Khmer Rouge, taking prime ministership in 1985.
In 2012, Asean foreign ministers failed to release a joint statement for the first time at the end of their annual gathering, with the Philippines blaming event host Cambodia for blocking criticism of China over its South China Sea's territorial dispute with other Asean countries.that Phnom Penh had bowed to Chinese pressure.
“Furthermore, his new Cabinet consisting of younger leaders are nothing more than children of the old guards who may not have the complete freedom to reset policies or move in a new direction, unless the old guard is completely no longer around.” Dr James Gomez, regional director of civil society research institute Asia Centre, said that Dr Hun Manet’s background will enable his government to be more fluid.
Dr Oh said that Cambodia is likely to continue to “flex its de facto veto power” in Asean according to what it perceives to be its national interests.
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