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The Case capture Pen Sovann

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Communist Party of Kampuchea

Ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979

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.

The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK),^[a] also known as the Khmer Communist Party,^[7] was a communist party in Cambodia. Its leader was Pol Pot, and its members were generally known as the Khmer Rouge. 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.^[8]

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

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Pol Pot

Cambodian communist leader (1925–1998)

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Pol. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Pot.

Pol Pot
In office 22 February 1963 – 6 December 1981
Deputy	Nuon Chea
Preceded by	Tou Samouth (1962)
Succeeded by	Position abolished (party dissolved)
In office 25 October 1976 – 7 January 1979
President	Khieu Samphan
Deputy
Preceded by	Khieu Samphan (acting)
Succeeded by	Nuon Chea (1981)
In office 14 April 1976 – 27 September 1976
President	Khieu Samphan
Deputy
Preceded by	Khieu Samphan (acting)
Succeeded by	Nuon Chea (acting)
In office 1977–1979
In office 1981–1985
Preceded by	Himself (as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea)
Succeeded by	Khieu Samphan
Born	Saloth Sâr (1925-05-25)25 May 1925 Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died	15 April 1998(1998-04-15) (aged 72) Choam, Trapeang Prei [km], Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia 14°21′14″N104°07′17″E / 14.353862°N 104.121282°E / 14.353862; 104.121282
Resting place	Choam, Trapeang Prei [km], Anlong Veng, Od