Cambodia's king on Monday will appoint Hun Manet the country's new leader after his father Hun Sen calls time on nearly four decades of hardline rule.
Days after a landslide victory in July's election, Hun Sen -- one of the world's longest-serving leaders -- announced he was stepping down as prime minister and handing power to his eldest son.
However, to officially become the country's new leader the 45-year-old and his new cabinet must win a confidence vote in parliament set for August 22. Having come to power in 1985, he helped modernise a country devastated by civil war and genocide, although critics say his rule has also been marked by environmental destruction, entrenched graft, and the elimination of nearly all political rivals.
And there are few expectations Hun Manet will chart a more liberal path than his father, despite being educated in England and the United States.
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