Cambodian People's Party
The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) is a Cambodian political party which has ruled the country since 1979. Founded in 1951, it was originally known as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP).
Cambodian People's Party គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា | |
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| Khmer name | គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា |
| Abbreviation | CPP KPRP (before 1991) |
| President | Hun Sen |
| Vice Presidents | Say Chhum Sar Kheng Tea Banh Men Sam An Hun Manet |
| Founders | Sơn Ngọc Minh Tou Samouth |
| Founded | 28 June 1951 |
| Split from | Indochinese Communist Party |
| Headquarters | 203 Norodom Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Youth wing | Central Youth of the Cambodian People's Party |
| Military wing | Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (1979–1989) Cambodian People's Armed Forces (1989–1993) |
| Membership (2023) | 7,100,000 |
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| Political position | Big tent |
| National affiliation | Solidarity Front for Development of the Cambodian Motherland |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Colors | Sky blue |
| Slogan | "ឯករាជ្យ សន្តិភាព សេរីភាព ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ អព្យាក្រឹត និងវឌ្ឍនភាពសង្គម" ("Independence, Peace, Freedom, Democracy, Neutrality and Social Progress") |
| Anthem | "បទចម្រៀងនៃគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា" ("Anthem of the Cambodian People's Party") |
| Senate | 55 / 62
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| National Assembly | 120 / 125
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| Commune chiefs | 1,648 / 1,652
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| Commune councillors | 9,376 / 11,622
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| Provincial, municipal, town and district councillors | 4,034 / 4,114
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| Provincial Governors | 25 / 25
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During the Cold War it allied itself with Vietnam and the Soviet Union, in contrast to the pro-Chinese Communist Party of Kampuchea led by Pol Pot. After toppling the Khmer Rouge's Democratic Kampuchea 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 party's current name was adopted during the final year of the State of Cambodia, when the party abandoned the one-party system and Marxism–Leninism.
Originally rooted in communist and Marxist–Leninist ideologies, the party took on a more reformist outlook in the mid-1980s under Heng Samrin. In 1991, the CPP officially dropped its commitment to socialism, and has since embraced a mixed economy. Along with some major parties of the European centre-right, the CPP is a member of the Centrist Democrat International.
The party's rule has been described as authoritarian.