This article is about a communist party founded in Cambodia. For the government formed by the Communist Party of Kampuchea, see Democratic Kampuchea. For its followers, see Khmer Rouge.
Political party in Cambodia
Communist Party of Kampuchea
បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា
General Secretary
Pol Pot
Deputy Secretary
Nuon Chea
Founded
28 June 1951 (as KPRP)[1] 30 September 1960 (as separate party)
Dissolved
6 December 1981
Split from
Indochinese Communist Party
Succeeded by
Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Newspaper
Tung Padevat
Youth wing
Communist Youth League of Kampuchea
Ideology
Communism Khmer nationalism[2][3][4]
Political position
Far-left
Colors
Red
Party flag
Politics of Cambodia
Political parties
Elections
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The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK),[a] also known as the Khmer Communist Party,[5] was a communist party in Cambodia. Its leader was Pol Pot, and its members were generally known as the Khmer Rouge (Red Khmer). Originally founded in 1951, the party was split into pro-Chinese and pro-Soviet factions as a result of the Sino–Soviet split with the former being the Pol Pot faction, and the latter adopting a more revisionist approach to Marxism.[1] As such, it claimed that 30 September 1960 was its founding date; it was named the Workers' Party of Kampuchea[b] before it was renamed the Communist Party in 1966.[6]
The party operated underground during most of its existence, and it took control of the country in April 1975 and established the state known as Democratic Kampuchea. The party lost power in 1979 with the establishment of the People's Republic of Kampuchea following the intervention of Vietnamese military forces. The party was officially dissolved in 1981, with the Party of Democratic Kampuchea claiming its legacy.
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