What Hun Manet Is Like as Cambodia’s New Leader NYT | Top Stories By: Anton L. Delgado 24 December 2024 at 13:01 Hun Manet, who took over as prime minister last year, has followed in the steps of his father, who ran Cambodia for nearly 40 years. © Pool photo by Yasuyoshi ChibaHun Manet, center, the Cambodian prime minister, studied in the United States and Britain. Any hopes that civil liberties would improve under his rule have been dashed.