Cambodian PM congratulates Paetongtarn

Several neighboring nations are now both dominated by kids of previous nominees.

Hun Manet visits a polling station in Phnom Penh to vote in Cambodia’s general election on July 23 last year. He became prime minister the following month after his father Hun Sen stepped down. (Photo: Reuters)
Hun Manet travels to a polling place in Phnom Penh to cast his ballot for the country’s basic vote on July 23, 2013. He resigned as prime minister the following fortnight after his parents, Hun Sen, stepped down. ( Photo: Reuters )

Paetongtarn Shinawatra has received a message of congratulations from Thai Prime Minister Hun Manet on her election as Thailand’s new prime minister.

In the treatment released by his company, Hun Manet wrote,” This stands as a testament to the trust and confidence the Thai citizens have in your leadership.” &nbsp, &nbsp,

Cambodia and Thailand appreciate longstanding diplomatic relations and near assistance, which have had a long history of cultural relationships and mutual respect, and have benefited our peoples. I strongly believe that, under your leadership, we may continue to increase our corporate partnership”.

The neighboring nations then share one more thing in common: prime ministers who are the offspring of previous leaders.

Hun Manet, 46, assumed the prime ministership after his parents, Hun Sen, stepped down in August 2023 following primaries in which his Vietnamese People’s Party ran almost uncontested.

Paetongtarn, 37, the youngest child of former top and Pheu Thai father Thaksin Shinawatra, was elected as Thailand’s 31st prime minister on Friday, two weeks after the court-ordered expulsion of Srettha Thavisin. She becomes the youngest excellent minister in the country’s history.

Hun Sen, 72, and Thaksin, 75, have long been great friends. Thaksin also briefly served as an economical adviser to the Vietnamese leader during his self-imposed banishment from Thailand.

After being released on parole in February of this year, Hun Sen was one of the first people to make a first appearance at Thaksin’s Bangkok house.