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}}The '''Communist Party of Kampuchea''' (Khmer: បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា or បក្សកុម្មុយនីសកម្ពុជា; CPK, French: ''Parti communiste du Kampuchéa''), also known as the '''Khmer Communist Party''', was a communist party in Cambodia. Its leader was [[Pol Pot]] and its followers were generally known as [[Khmer Rouge]] (Red Khmers). The party was underground for most of its existence and took power in the country in April 1975 and established the state known as '''Democratic Kampuchea'''.

The party lost power in 1979 with the establishment of the '''People's Republic of Kampuchea''' by the pro-Vietnam [[Cambodian People's Party]], who were mostly comprised of leftists who were dissatisfied by the Pol Pot regime and by the intervention of Vietnamese military forces after the [[Cambodian Genocide]]. The party was officially dissolved in 1981, with the Party of Democratic Kampuchea claiming its legacy.

The party lost power in 1979 with the establishment of the '''People's Republic of Kampuchea''' by the pro-Vietnam [[Cambodian People's Party]], who were mostly comprised of leftists who were dissatisfied by the Pol Pot regime and by the intervention of Vietnamese military forces after the [[Cambodian Genocide]]. The party was officially dissolved in 1981, with the [[Party of Democratic Kampuchea]] claiming its legacy.

==History==

The party was founded in 1951, when the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) was divided into separate Cambodian, Lao, and Vietnamese communist parties. The decision to form a separate Cambodian communist party had been taken at the ICP Congress in February the same year. Different sources claim different dates for the exact founding and the first congress of the party.

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 }}The '''Communist Party of Kampuchea''' (Khmer: បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា or បក្សកុម្មុយនីសកម្ពុជា; CPK, French: ''Parti communiste du Kampuchéa''), also known as the '''Khmer Communist Party''', was a communist party in Cambodia. Its leader was [[Pol Pot]] and its followers were generally known as [[Khmer Rouge]] (Red Khmers). The party was underground for most of its existence and took power in the country in April 1975 and established the state known as '''Democratic Kampuchea'''.
-The party lost power in 1979 with the establishment of the '''People's Republic of Kampuchea''' by the pro-Vietnam [[Cambodian People's Party]], who were mostly comprised of leftists who were dissatisfied by the Pol Pot regime and by the intervention of Vietnamese military forces after the [[Cambodian Genocide]]. The party was officially dissolved in 1981, with the Party of Democratic Kampuchea claiming its legacy.
+The party lost power in 1979 with the establishment of the '''People's Republic of Kampuchea''' by the pro-Vietnam [[Cambodian People's Party]], who were mostly comprised of leftists who were dissatisfied by the Pol Pot regime and by the intervention of Vietnamese military forces after the [[Cambodian Genocide]]. The party was officially dissolved in 1981, with the [[Party of Democratic Kampuchea]] claiming its legacy.
 ==History==
 The party was founded in 1951, when the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) was divided into separate Cambodian, Lao, and Vietnamese communist parties. The decision to form a separate Cambodian communist party had been taken at the ICP Congress in February the same year. Different sources claim different dates for the exact founding and the first congress of the party.