Indochinese Communist Party

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Indochinese Communist Party

Đảng Cộng sản Đông Dương
ອິນດູຈີນພັກກອມມູນິດ
បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តឥណ្ឌូចិន
FounderHồ Chí Minh
FoundedOctober 1930
Dissolved11 November 1945
Preceded byCPV
Succeeded byCPV . LPRP . KPRP
Political orientationMarxism-Leninism
International affiliationComintern
Party flag

The Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) was a communist party in the region of Indochina created by Hồ Chí Minh. The party was originally created as a unification of the three major Vietnamese communist parties under the banner of the Communist Party of Vietnam. However, its objectives would soon expand to to encompass the liberation struggles of Vietnam, Laos, and Kampuchea against their shared French colonizer, evolving into the Indochinese Communist Party.

History

Founding

In 1929, the Communist Party of Indochina, the Communist Party of Annam and the Communist League of Indochina, were persuaded by the Comintern to meet to unify and end factionalism within the communist movement in Vietnam. On February 3, 1930, in Hong Kong, Hồ Chí Minh presided over a meeting of the parties and subsequently the Communist Party of Vietnam was declared. At the Comintern's request its name would later be changed to the Indochinese Communist Party in order to encompass the Lao and Kampuchean communists as well.[1]

Dissolution

Between February 11-19, 1951 at the Second Congress of the ICP, it was decided that each country of Indochina should form an independent party.[2] Following the 1951 congress, the Workers' Party of Vietnam was declared and the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party was declared soon after on June 28.[3] Four years later on March 22, 1955 the Lao members formed the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).[2]

References

  1. Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Movement. Asian Art Mall. Archived from the original on 2006-04-16.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kaysone Phomvihane (1981). Revolution in Laos: Practice and Prospects: 'Preface'. Moscow: Progress Publishers.
  3. Niem Chheng (2019-06-26). CPP set to mark anniversary, vows to maintain public trust The Phnom Penh Post. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26.