Hun Sen, One of World’s Longest-Serving Rulers, Announces Resignation

Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, one of the world’s longest-serving leaders, said on Wednesday that he would resign next month and hand power to his son.

Mr. Hun Sen, 70, made the announcement in a televised address, three days after his political party, the Cambodian People’s Party, had declared victory in stage-managed parliamentary elections. He said in the address that his eldest son, Gen. Hun Manet, 45, would succeed him and that the move would not violate any rules in the National Assembly because his son is also a lawmaker.

In June, Mr. Hun Sen had said that he would hand over the premiership to his son at some point after the vote. But he also made clear that he had no plans to retire.

“Even if I am no longer a prime minister, I will still control politics as the head of the ruling party,” he said at the time.

This is a developing story.