Cambodian Parliament approves longtime leader’s son as prime minister as part of generational change

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The son of longtime autocratic Cambodian leader Hun Sen was approved by Parliament on Tuesday as the country’s new prime minister, part of a generational change in top positions in the Southeast Asian nation. Hun Manet, 45, won his first seat in the National Assembly in July elections and takes over from his father, who had been Asia’s longest serving leader with nearly four decades in power, after serving as Cambodia’s army chief. He was approved by lawmakers unanimously and is to be officially sworn in later Tuesday. Even though he’s at the head of...