Communist Party of Kampuchea

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Maoist organization communist party

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Party of Democratic Kampuchea 1
People’s Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea government 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maoist organization ⓘ
communist party ⓘ
alignedWith People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CPK NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khmer Rouge NERFINISHED ⓘ
announcedExistence 1977 ⓘ
armedWing Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameToPower 1975 ⓘ
capitalDuringRule Phnom Penh NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
deputyLeader Nuon Chea NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved 1981 ⓘ
founded 1966 ⓘ
generalSecretary Pol Pot NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquarters Phnom Penh NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology Maoism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
agrarian socialism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
ultranationalism ⓘ
languageOfName Khmer ⓘ
leader Pol Pot NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostPower 1979 ⓘ
nativeName Kâmpŭchéa Prâchéachôn Padevat NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedSecretlyUntil 1977 ⓘ
opposedTo Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrownBy Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor Cambodian genocide ⓘ
responsibleForDeaths approximately 1.5–2 million people ⓘ
ruledEntity Democratic Kampuchea NERFINISHED ⓘ
seniorMember Ieng Sary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khieu Samphan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Son Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ta Mok NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateIdeologyImplementedIn Democratic Kampuchea NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy Party of Democratic Kampuchea NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → allegiance → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea → hasPart → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Year Zero → implementedBy → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Pol Pot → leaderOf → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Ieng Sary → memberOf → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Khieu Samphan → memberOf → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Pol Pot → memberOf → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
FUNCINPEC resistance forces → opposedTo → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea government
Nuon Chea → politicalParty → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Democratic Kampuchea → rulingParty → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
People's Republic of China (for Khmer Rouge) → supportedOrganization → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ