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 ⓘ