Cabinet of Cambodia

The Cabinet of Cambodia is the executive body of the Kingdom of Cambodia. It is formally identified in constitutional usage as the Royal Government of Cambodia and is also commonly called the Council of Ministers. Its administrative center is the Office of the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh. The cabinet is led by the Prime Minister and includes Deputy Prime Ministers, State Ministers, Ministers, Secretaries of State, and Undersecretaries of State. Cambodia’s Constitution places the Council of Ministers at the center of national executive government. The Prime Minister is supported by other members of the Royal Government and is responsible for coordinating the government’s overall direction. Cabinet members are nominated through the constitutional process and are appointed by the King after the National Assembly has approved the government through a vote of confidence. Before taking office, members swear the constitutionally prescribed oath. The constitutional framework also establishes collective and individual accountability. The Royal Government as a whole is responsible to the National Assembly for its general policies, while each member is individually responsible to the Prime Minister and the Assembly for their own conduct. Cabinet office is incompatible with professional activities in trade or industry and with holding another position in the public service. Members remain legally responsible for crimes or misdemeanors committed in the course of their duties. The Council of Ministers is required to meet regularly, either in plenary session or in working sessions. The Prime Minister chairs plenary meetings and may delegate responsibility for working sessions or other powers to a Deputy Prime Minister or another government member. Minutes of cabinet meetings are forwarded to the King for information. The organization and operation of the Council of Ministers are determined by law. The current, seventh Council of Ministers was sworn in on 22 August 2023. The National Assembly voted Hun Manet to serve as Prime Minister for a five-year term, after which the King appointed the full Council of Ministers through the constitutional process. As a state institution rather than a commercial enterprise, the Cabinet has no conventional product portfolio, commercial positioning, ownership structure, stock-market listing, or corporate parent. Its public role is the formulation and administration of executive government policy in Cambodia.

The Cabinet of Cambodia is the executive institution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and is constitutionally referred to as the Royal Government or Council of Ministers. Its formal administrative office is the Office of the Council of Ministers, based in Phnom Penh. The cabinet is not a commercial organization; it is the state mechanism through which executive authority is organized and exercised. The constitutional provisions governing the Council of Ministers are set out in Chapter VIII of Cambodia's Constitution. They define the Royal Government as the Council of Ministers and provide that it is led by one Prime Minister, assisted by Deputy Prime Ministers, State Ministers, Ministers, and State Secretaries. The framework creates a relationship between the executive, the King, and the National Assembly. Following a national parliamentary election, the designated political leader is selected through the constitutional process to form the government. The proposed government must obtain the National Assembly's vote of confidence, after which the King appoints the complete Council of Ministers by royal decree. Cabinet members take a constitutional oath before assuming office. Their duties are subject to incompatibility rules that bar them from combining government service with professional activities in trade or industry or with another public-service position. The Constitution establishes both collective and individual responsibility: the government is collectively accountable to the National Assembly for its general policy, while each minister or other member is individually answerable to the Prime Minister and the Assembly for personal conduct. The Council of Ministers is designed to function through regular collective deliberation. It meets weekly in plenary or working session. The Prime Minister presides over plenary meetings and may authorize a Deputy Prime Minister to chair working sessions. The Prime Minister may also delegate powers to a Deputy Prime Minister or another government member. Records of Council of Ministers meetings are forwarded to the King for information, while detailed organizational and operational rules are determined by law. The constitutional system also addresses continuity and accountability. A permanent vacancy in the premiership requires the appointment of a new Council of Ministers under the prescribed procedure. A temporary vacancy permits the provisional appointment of an acting Prime Minister. Cabinet members may be held responsible for crimes or misdemeanors committed in the course of their duties, with the National Assembly involved in the process of deciding whether charges should be filed with the competent authorities. The seventh and current Council of Ministers took office after being sworn in on 22 August 2023. The National Assembly approved Hun Manet as Prime Minister for a five-year term, and the King appointed the government through the constitutional procedure. The Cabinet therefore represents the current iteration of Cambodia's executive government within the country's constitutional system.

• 2023

  Seventh Council of Ministers takes office

  [1]Cabinet of Cambodiaen.wikipedia.org

  The seventh and current Council of Ministers was sworn in on 22 August 2023. Hun Manet was approved by the National Assembly as Prime Minister for a five-year term, followed by appointment of the full government through royal decree.

Cambodia's central executive institution and coordinating body for the Royal Government.

1. 1Cabinet of Cambodiaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Office of the Council of Ministers of Cambodiapressocm.gov.kh