Political Life
Although Bun Rany Hun Sen holds no elected office, Cambodian political life means she is accorded much power and respect due to her partner position. She is addressed as Lok Chumteav, Khmer for "Her/Your Excellency", a rank equivalent to ministerial Secretary of State, and has worn military uniform in public and taken salutes from General officers of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, despite Cambodian law forbidding civilians from wearing uniform or impersonating soldiers.
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