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Hun Sen, Cambodia’s leader for almost four decades, has announced his resignation and said he will hand the reins of power over to his eldest son. 

Hun Manet is set to take the reins from his authoritarian father, but it remains unclear whether he will continue the approach of stability at all costs

Longtime Cambodian leader Hun Sen says will step down in three weeks as prime minister and hand the position to his oldest son

Cambodia’s longtime ruling party is lauding its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years, but the United States says its stifling of the opposition meant the vote could not be considered free or fair and that Washington was taking punitive measures

On December 24, 2021, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, 70, chaired a meeting of the Cambodian People’s Party, which has ruled the Southeast Asian country since 1979. The meeting saw his eldest son, Hun Manet, 45, unanimously selected to be the future prime minister.

Authoritarian ruler said voters who destroyed ballot papers will face legal action

Longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen's party was assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression any real opposition.

The ruling party of Cambodia's longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's general election, an outcome that was virtually assured thanks to the suppression and intimidation of the opposition in a vote critics said made a farce of democracy.

Critics described the election as the least free and fair in decades due to exclusion of main opposition party.

Long-time ruler, who has ruthlessly oppressed critics, has indicated he will soon hand power to his son

Hun Sen has been Cambodia’s autocratic prime minister for nearly four decades, during which the opposition has been stifled and the country has moved closer to China