Communist Party of Kampuchea
Communist Party of Kampuchea បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា | |
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| General Secretary | Pol Pot |
| Deputy Secretary | Nuon Chea |
| Founded |
28 June 1951 (as KPRP) 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 |
| Political orientation |
Communism National communism Marxism-Leninism Khmer nationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Red |
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The Communist Party of Kampuchea[a] (CPK) was a Marxist–Leninist communist party which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. It was initially founded in 1960 as the Workers' Party of Kampuchea[b] before being renamed in 1966.
Despite the party's stance of Marxism–Leninism, it committed several major errors, including leaning into bourgeois nationalism, disregarding the need for a new democratic revolution, and aligning with the People's Republic of China under the capitalist roader Deng Xiaoping.[1]
See also
- Pol Pot, leader of the party
- Democratic Kampuchea
References
- ↑ Sahij Singh Aulakh (November 12, 2022). "On Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge". Maoism For The Masses.