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|crimes = [[Torture]]<br>Mass repression<br>Restriction of free press<br>Human rights abuses<br>Political [[murder]]

|type of villains = Corrupt Political Party}}The '''Cambodian People's Party''' (CPP; Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា, ''Kanakpak Pracheachon Kâmpuchéa''; French: ''Parti du peuple cambodgien'', PPC) has been the ruling political party of Cambodia since 1979. Founded in 1951, it was originally known as the '''Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party''' (Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍កម្ពុជា, KPRP). The party is currently lead by Cambodian Prime Minister [[Hun Sen]].

==History==

The original Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) was founded on 28 June 1951 by Cambodian nationalists who struggled to free Cambodia from French colonial rule. Nationalists in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos shared the same belief that to free themselves from France successfully they needed to work together. Thus the Indochinese Communist Party was formed in 1930.

However, the triumph of the Japanese during the early stage of [[World War II]] crippled French rule and helped to nurture nationalism in all three Indochinese countries. Consequently, the idea of an Indochinese-wide party was submerged in the rhetoric of fierce nationalism. In Cambodia, growing nationalist sentiment and national pride married historical mistrust and fear of neighbouring countries, which turned out to be a stumbling block for the ICP.

In 1955, a subsidiary party named People’s Party was established to contest in the national election that year. The name of the party was changed to the Workers' Party of Kampuchea (WPK) on 28 September 1960 and then to the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]] (CPK, whose followers were named as the Khmer Rouge by Prince Norodom Sihanouk) in September 1966 with its headquarter in Ratanak Kiri province.

After toppling the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime with the Vietnamese-backed liberation of Phnom Penh, it became the ruling party of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989), which was later renamed the State of Cambodia (1989–1991). The current name, CPP, was adopted during the final year of the State of Cambodia, when the one-party system as well as the Marxist–Leninist ideology were abandoned.

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 |crimes = [[Torture]]<br>Mass repression<br>Restriction of free press<br>Human rights abuses<br>Political [[murder]]
 |type of villains = Corrupt Political Party}}The '''Cambodian People's Party''' (CPP; Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា, ''Kanakpak Pracheachon Kâmpuchéa''; French: ''Parti du peuple cambodgien'', PPC) has been the ruling political party of Cambodia since 1979. Founded in 1951, it was originally known as the '''Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party''' (Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍កម្ពុជា, KPRP). The party is currently lead by Cambodian Prime Minister [[Hun Sen]].
+==History==
+The original Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) was founded on 28 June 1951 by Cambodian nationalists who struggled to free Cambodia from French colonial rule. Nationalists in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos shared the same belief that to free themselves from France successfully they needed to work together. Thus the Indochinese Communist Party was formed in 1930.
+However, the triumph of the Japanese during the early stage of [[World War II]] crippled French rule and helped to nurture nationalism in all three Indochinese countries. Consequently, the idea of an Indochinese-wide party was submerged in the rhetoric of fierce nationalism. In Cambodia, growing nationalist sentiment and national pride married historical mistrust and fear of neighbouring countries, which turned out to be a stumbling block for the ICP.
+In 1955, a subsidiary party named People’s Party was established to contest in the national election that year. The name of the party was changed to the Workers' Party of Kampuchea (WPK) on 28 September 1960 and then to the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]] (CPK, whose followers were named as the Khmer Rouge by Prince Norodom Sihanouk) in September 1966 with its headquarter in Ratanak Kiri province.
 After toppling the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime with the Vietnamese-backed liberation of Phnom Penh, it became the ruling party of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989), which was later renamed the State of Cambodia (1989–1991). The current name, CPP, was adopted during the final year of the State of Cambodia, when the one-party system as well as the Marxist–Leninist ideology were abandoned.