Democratic Kampuchea

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communist regime former country one-party socialist state

Democratic Kampuchea was the brutal communist regime led by the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and was responsible for the deaths of roughly a quarter of the country’s population.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Democratic Kampuchea canonical 16
Communist Party of Kampuchea 1
Democratic Kampuchea (as insurgent movement) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist regime ⓘ
former country ⓘ
one-party socialist state ⓘ
adversary People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
allies China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
borderConflictWith Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
capital Phnom Penh ⓘ
coatOfArms Emblem of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
currency Riel ⓘ
deFactoLeader Pol Pot ⓘ
defenceMinister Son Sen ⓘ
endTime 1979-01-07 ⓘ
flag Flag of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
followedBy People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
foreignMinister Ieng Sary ⓘ
governmentType one-party communist state ⓘ
headOfGovernment Pol Pot ⓘ
headOfState Khieu Samphan ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
ideology Khmer nationalism ⓘ
Maoism ⓘ
Stalin era ⓘ
surface form: Stalinism

agrarian socialism ⓘ
anti-intellectualism ⓘ
internationalRecognition retained Cambodia's UN seat after 1979 for several years ⓘ
leader Pol Pot ⓘ
legislature Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly ⓘ
motto Nation, Religion, King (nominally retained) ⓘ
notableEvent Cambodian genocide ⓘ
notableSite Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum ⓘ
surface form: S-21 Tuol Sleng prison
officialLanguage Khmer ⓘ
policy abolition of markets ⓘ
abolition of money ⓘ
establishment of rural labor camps ⓘ
forced collectivization of agriculture ⓘ
isolationism ⓘ
mass forced evacuations of cities ⓘ
persecution of intellectuals ⓘ
persecution of religious groups ⓘ
populationLoss approximately 1.5 to 2 million people ⓘ
precededBy Khmer Republic ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
responsibleFor Cambodian genocide ⓘ
rulingParty Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge ⓘ
securityApparatus Santebal ⓘ
startTime 1975-04-17 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambodian–Vietnamese War → belligerent → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Cambodian Civil War → hasParticipant → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Kampuchea (as insurgent movement)
Cambodian Civil War → hasParticipant → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Kampuchea
Cambodian Civil War → followedBy → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia → hasSubject → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge → officialStateName → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge → governedEntity → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea → precededBy → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → country → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → governingRegime → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Fall of Phnom Penh (17 April 1975) → relatedTo → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
People's Republic of China (for Khmer Rouge) → supportedRegime → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Pol Pot → headOfGovernment → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Nuon Chea → employer → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Kampuchea government
Khieu Samphan → government → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
People's Republic of Kampuchea → predecessor → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
People's Republic of Kampuchea → UNSeatHeldBy → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum → associatedWithEvent → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Kampuchea period
Year Zero → associatedWithRegime → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Ieng Sary → participantIn → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Kampuchea regime
Ieng Sary → workLocation → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ