PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that after 2023, he will become the father of the Prime Minister, which means that his son Hun Manet will be the Prime Minister. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the new administration building of the Ministry of National Defense this morning, the Prime Minister has stated that when he stops to be the Prime Minister, he will prepare a law to determine the retirement age of the Prime Minister.

He says, "After 2023, I will be the father of the Prime Minister and in 2030 I will be the grandfather of the Prime Minister.”

Prime Minister Hun Sen has stated that even though he stopped being the Prime Minister, he is still the President of the CPP. At the meeting of the Central Committee of the People's Party on 24 December the National Assembly decided to elect Hun Manet as the future Prime Minister.

Hun Manet, 44, is the eldest son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. He was the first Cambodian to graduate from the West Point Military Academy in the United States and also the Doctor of Economics at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

At present, Hun Manet has the rank of 3-Star Lieutenant General as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.

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