Communist Party of Kampuchea

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The Communist Party of Kampuchea, commonly known as the Khmer Rouge, was the radical Maoist organization that led Cambodia during the late 1970s and was responsible for the Cambodian genocide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maoist organization
communist party
alignedWith People's Republic of China
linked to: China
alsoKnownAs CPK
Khmer Rouge
announcedExistence 1977
armedWing Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea
cameToPower 1975
capitalDuringRule Phnom Penh
country Cambodia
deputyLeader Nuon Chea
dissolved 1981
founded 1966
generalSecretary Pol Pot
governingBody Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
headquarters Phnom Penh
ideology Maoism
Marxism–Leninism
agrarian socialism
communism
ultranationalism
languageOfName Khmer
leader Pol Pot
lostPower 1979
nativeName Kâmpŭchéa Prâchéachôn Padevat
operatedSecretlyUntil 1977
opposedTo Soviet Union
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
overthrownBy Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia
overthrownIn 1979
periodInPower 1975–1979
policy abolition of money
agrarian reorganization
anti-intellectual repression
forced collectivization
mass forced evacuations of cities
purges of perceived enemies
precededBy Workers’ Party of Kampuchea
responsibleFor Cambodian genocide
responsibleForDeaths approximately 1.5–2 million people
ruledEntity Democratic Kampuchea
seniorMember Ieng Sary
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ta Mok
stateIdeologyImplementedIn Democratic Kampuchea
succeededBy Party of Democratic Kampuchea

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Democratic Kampuchea rulingParty Communist Party of Kampuchea
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea hasPart Party of Democratic Kampuchea
linked to: Communist Party of Kampuchea
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army allegiance Communist Party of Kampuchea
FUNCINPEC resistance forces opposedTo People’s Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea government
linked to: Communist Party of Kampuchea
Pol Pot memberOf Communist Party of Kampuchea
Pol Pot leaderOf Communist Party of Kampuchea
Nuon Chea politicalParty Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khieu Samphan memberOf Communist Party of Kampuchea
Year Zero implementedBy Communist Party of Kampuchea
Ieng Sary memberOf Communist Party of Kampuchea
Communist Party of Kampuchea precededBy Workers’ Party of Kampuchea
linked to: Communist Party of Kampuchea
Communist Party of Kampuchea governingBody Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
linked to: Communist Party of Kampuchea
Son Sen memberOfPoliticalParty Communist Party of Kampuchea
Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly subordinateTo Communist Party of Kampuchea
Santebal parentOrganization Communist Party of Kampuchea
Ta Mok memberOf Communist Party of Kampuchea
Emblem of Democratic Kampuchea associatedWith Communist Party of Kampuchea
Sangkum Reastr Niyum opposedBy Communist Party of Kampuchea
Sangkum opposedBy Communist Party of Kampuchea
Saloth Sar leaderOf Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khieu Ponnary associatedWith Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khieu Ponnary associatedWith Democratic Kampuchea leadership
linked to: Communist Party of Kampuchea
Long Reth affiliation Communist Party of Kampuchea
Nuon Chea memberOf Communist Party of Kampuchea
subject linked to: Brother Number Two
Khieu Samphan memberOfPoliticalParty Communist Party of Kampuchea
subject linked to: Samphan
Khieu Samphan partOf Democratic Kampuchea leadership
subject linked to: Samphan
linked to: Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge naval forces controlledBy Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khmer People’s Revolutionary Party precededBy Communist Party of Kampuchea