On Tuesday, Cambodia’s parliament elected Hun Manet, the eldest son of Hun Sen, as the country’s new prime minister following last month’s election. Photo: VCG

Cambodia’s former Prime Minister Hun Sen attends the parliamentary meeting at the National Assembly building in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. Sen has served as the Prime Minister of Cambodia since 1985. Photo: VCG

Sen walks ahead of Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Banh (left) and Hun Manet during the opening of the first session of the National Assembly in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Monday. Photo: VCG

Manet and his wife Pich Chanmony visit a polling station in Phnom Penh on July 23. Photo: VCG

Manet poses for a group picture with supporters during a campaign rally in Phnom Penh on July 21. Photo: VCG

Tea Banh places the four-star general insignia on Manet during a military ceremony on April 20. Photo: VCG

Sen poses with Manet for photo at a military base in Phnom Penh in October 2009. Photo: VCG

Manet returns to Cambodia after graduating from U.S. military academy West Point in May 1999. He was the first Cambodian to graduate from a U.S. military academy. Photo: VCG

Manet and incoming cabinet members at the headquarters of the Cambodian People’s Party in Phnom Penh on Aug. 10. Photo: VCG