Unlike most monarchies, Cambodia’s monarchy isn’t necessarily hereditary and the King is not allowed to select his own heir. Instead, a new King is chosen by a Royal Council of the Throne, consisting of the president of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, the Chiefs of the orders of Mohanikay and Thammayut, and the First and Second Vice-President of the Assembly. The Royal Council meets within a week of the King’s death or abdication and selects a new King from a pool of candidates with royal blood.
It has been suggested that Cambodia’s ability to peacefully appoint a new King shows that Cambodia’s government has stabilized incredibly from the situation the country was in during the 1970s.
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