Communist Party of Kampuchea

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Communist Party of Kampuchea

បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា
AbbreviationCPK
General SecretaryPol Pot
Founded28 June 1951
Dissolved6 December 1981
Split fromIndochinese Communist Party
Succeeded byParty of Democratic Kampuchea
NewspaperTung Padevat
Youth wingCommunist Youth League of Kampuchea
Political orientationNationalism

The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), also known as the Khmer Communist Party, was a party in Cambodia led by Pol Pot that claimed to be communist.