Hun Many, Cambodian PM's younger brother, is all set to become country's new DPM


Hun Many is the current Cambodian Minister of Civil Service. He is the brother of prime minister Hun Manet, and the youngest son of former prime minister Hun Sen and Bun Rany. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia's National Assembly will hold an extraordinary session on Feb 21 to approve a new deputy prime minister and two senior ministers, according to a National Assembly's statement to the media.

Civil Service Minister Hun Many, 41, will be the candidate for a deputy prime ministerial post, as Sry Thamarong and Pen Vibol, currently ministers attached to the Prime Minister, will be promoted to senior ministers in charge of special mission.

Hun Many, who became the minister of Civil Service in August 2023, is a younger brother of incumbent Prime Minister Hun Manet and the youngest son of former Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen.

With their appointments next week, the number of deputy prime ministers in the South-East Asian country will increase to 11, as the number of senior ministers will rise to 23.

The National Assembly is made up of 125 lawmakers, including 120 from the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and five from the royalist Funcinpec Party. - Xinhua

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