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Cambodian People's Party
គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា
Khmer nameគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា
AbbreviationCPP
KPRP (before 1991)
President Hun Sen
Vice Presidents Say Chhum
Sar Kheng
Tea Banh
Men Sam An [1]
Hun Manet
Founders Sơn Ngọc Minh
Tou Samouth
Founded28 June 1951;73 years ago (1951-06-28) [2]
5 January 1979 (reconstruction)
Split from Indochinese Communist Party
Headquarters 7 January Palace [3]
203 Norodom Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Youth wing People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea (1979–1989)
Central Youth of the Cambodian People's Party (present)
Military wing Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (1979–1989)
Cambodian People's Armed Forces (1989–1993)
Membership (2023)Increase2.svg 7,100,000 [4]
Ideology
Political position Left-wing [11] [12] [A]
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
National Assembly
120 / 125
Commune chiefs
1,648 / 1,652
Commune councillors
9,376 / 11,622
Provincial, municipal, town and district councillors [13]
3,761 / 4,114
Provincial Governors
25 / 25
Party flag
Cambodian People's Party's Flag.png
Website
cpp.org.kh
^  A: The party continues to follow the "principles of Leninist party organization" and retains a "communist party structure pervading all administrative levels and institutions in Cambodia." [14] The party is also consider to have "embedded the legacy of communism based on Marxist-Leninist ideology". [15]

The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) [a] 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). [b]

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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. [16] 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. It presents itself as a big tent of supporters of the Prime Minister Hun Sen. [17] Nevertheless, the party has ties with the Socialist International and remains a close ally of the Communist Party of Vietnam, [18] and has been described as left-wing by Deutsche Welle and Green Left. [12] [19]

The party's rule has been described as authoritarian. [20] [21] [22] [23]

History

Forerunner organizations and early history

Nationalists in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos held the belief that to successfully liberate themselves from France they needed to work together; the nationalists formed the supranational Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) to oppose the French 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. On 28 June 1951, the Cambodian nationalists who struggled to free Cambodia from French colonial rule split from the ICP to form the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP).

In 1955, the KPRP established a subsidiary party named the Pracheachon in order to run 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) in 1966. Members of the CPK moved the party's headquarters to Ratanakiri Province, where they were termed "Khmer Rouge" by Prince Norodom Sihanouk.

Pen Sovan's leadership (1979–1981)

In early 1979, the Cambodian communists who overthrew the Khmer Rouge's regime to end the genocide held a congress. At this gathering, they declared themselves the true successors of the original KPRP founded in 1951 and labelled the congress as the Third Party Congress, thus not recognizing the 1963, 1975 and 1978 congresses of CPK as legitimate. The party considered 28 June 1951 as its founding date. A national committee led by Pen Sovan and Roh Samai was appointed by the Congress. The women's wing of the party, the National Association of Women for the Salvation of Kampuchea, was also established in 1979 with a vast national network of members that extended to the district level.

The existence of the party was kept secret until its 4th congress in May 1981, when it appeared publicly and assumed the name KPRP. The name-change was stated to be carried out "to clearly distinguish it from the reactionary Pol Pot party and to underline and reassert the continuity of the party's best traditions".

Heng Samrin's leadership (1981–1991)

As of 1990, members of the Politburo were Heng Samrin (General Secretary), Chea Sim, Hun Sen, Chea Soth, Math Ly, Tea Banh, Men Sam An, Nguon Nhel, Sar Kheng, Bou Thang, Ney Pena, Say Chhum and alternate members included Sing Song, Sim Ka and Pol Saroeun. Members of the Secretariat were Heng Samrin, Say Phouthang, Bou Thang, Men Sam An and Sar Kheng.

Hun Sen's leadership (1991–2023)

Hun Sen addresses the crowd at a campaign rally in Phnom Penh. Hun Sen addresses the crowd during Cambodian People's Party.jpg
Hun Sen addresses the crowd at a campaign rally in Phnom Penh.

In 1991, the party was renamed to the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) during a United Nations-sponsored peace and reconciliation process. Politburo and the Secretariat to enter into the new Standing Committee, Chea Sim as President and Hun Sen as Vice-president. Despite being rooted in socialism, the party adopted a pragmatic approach in order to keep power. For instance, the CPP played a major role in Cambodian peace negotiation process, which led to the signing of the Paris Peace Accords on 23 October 1991 and the creation of the second Kingdom of Cambodia. The CPP ousted Nodorom Ranariddh in a coup in 1997, leaving the party with no serious opposition. Thirty-two people died in the coup.

Under CPP rule, Cambodia transitioned into a lower-middle-income economy in 2016. The party aims to turn Cambodia into a higher-middle-income country by 2030 and high-income country by 2050. Ideologically, an increasing number of CPP senior leaders claim that the Cambodian ruling party has adopted a centrist position. They believe that the CPP presents a middle path between capitalism and communism, with emphasis on the values and principles of social market economy along with social and environmental protection, and Buddhist humanism. However, academics such as John Ciorciari have observed that the CPP still continues to maintain its communist-era party structures and that many of its top-ranking members were derived from KPRP. Also, despite Hun Sen being only the deputy leader of the party until 2015, he had de facto control of the party.

Political scientists Radek Buben, Elvin Franisco Rodríguez Fabilena and Karel Kouba classify the CPP under Hun Sen as left-wing, comparing it to the Sandinista National Liberation Front in terms of both authoritarian governance and representing formerly far-left revolutionary organizations that transitioned into a more reformist type of governance. [11] The party has also been described as left-wing by Deutsche Welle, [12] and Green Left. [19] Sreinith Ten also argues that the party "had embedded the legacy of communism based on Marxist-Leninist ideology", and continues to cling onto socialist-oriented rhetoric and policies to maintain legitimacy, such as through promoting gender egalitarianism and establishing state-backed organizations such as the Kampuchea Revolutionary Women's Association. [15] The CPP hosts Socialist International meetings, remains a close ally of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and most of the party members are former communists. [18] The CPP also retains socialist party organisation. [24]

It won 64 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly in the 1998 elections, 73 seats in the 2003 elections and 90 seats in the 2008 elections, winning the popular vote by the biggest margin ever for a National Assembly election with 58% of the vote. The CPP also won the 2006 Senate elections. The party lost 22 seats in the 2013 elections, with opposition gained. Since 2018 Cambodian general election, the party commands all 125 seats in the National Assembly, and 58 of 62 seats in the Senate. The main opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was banned before the election. [25] Hun Sen, the former Prime Minister of Cambodia, has served as the CPP's President since 2015.

Party leadership (1979–1993)

List of party leaders

President of the Cambodian People's Party
ប្រធានគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា
Cambodian People's Party (emblem).png
Emblem of the Cambodian People's Party
Hun Sen in July 2019.jpg
Incumbent
Hun Sen
since 20 June 2015
Type Party leader
Seat Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Formation28 June 1951;73 years ago (1951-06-28)
First holder Tou Samouth
as General Secretary
DeputyVice President

  KPRP (General Secretary)   CPP (President)

No.
PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of officeOffice heldVice President
FromToDuration
1 Tou Samouth
ទូ សាមុត
(1915–1962)		21 September 195130 September 19609 years, 9 days――
2 Pen Sovan
ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ
(1936–2016)		5 January 19795 December 19812 years, 334 days Minister of Defence (1979–1981)

Prime Minister (1981)

―
3 Samdech Heng Samrin 2018 cropped.jpg Heng Samrin
ហេង សំរិន
(born 1934)		5 December 198117 October 19919 years, 316 days Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Council (1979–1981), President of the Council of State (1981–1992), President of the National Assembly (2006–2023)―
4 Chea Sim 3x4.jpg Chea Sim
ជា ស៊ីម
(1932–2015)		17 October 19918 June 2015†23 years, 234 days Chairman of the National Assembly (1981–1993),

President of the Council of State (1992–1993), President of the Senate (1999–2015)

 Hun Sen
5 Hun Sen in July 2019.jpg Hun Sen
ហ៊ុន សែន
(born 1952)		20 June 2015Present9 years, 178 days Minister of Foreign Affairs (1979–1986, 1988–1990),

Prime Minister (1985–2023), President of the Senate (2024–)

 Sar Kheng
Say Chhum
Men Sam An
Tea Banh
Hun Manet

Organization

The party is headed by a 34-member Permanent Committee, commonly referred to as the Politburo (after its former Communist namesake). The current members are (with their party positions in brackets):

  1. Hun Sen (Chairman)
  2. Heng Samrin (Honorary Chairman)
  3. Sar Kheng (Deputy Chairman)
  4. Say Chhum (Chairman of the Standing Committee)
  5. Say Phouthang
  6. Bou Thang
  7. Tea Banh
  8. Men Sam An
  9. Nguon Nhel
  10. Ney Pena
  11. Sim Ka
  12. Ke Kim Yan
  13. Pol Saroeun
  14. Kong Sam Ol
  15. Im Chhun Lim
  16. Dith Munty
  17. Chea Chanto
  18. Uk Rabun
  19. Cheam Yeap
  20. Ek Sam Ol
  21. Som Kim Suor
  22. Khuon Sudary
  23. Pen Pannha
  24. Chhay Than
  25. Hor Nam Hong
  26. Bin Chhin
  27. Keat Chhon
  28. Yim Chhay Ly
  29. Tep Ngorn
  30. Kun Kim
  31. Meas Sophea
  32. Neth Savoeun

Recent electoral history

General election

YearParty leaderCandidateVotes Seats PositionGovernment
# %±#±
1981 Pen Sovan 2,898,70990.3New
117 / 117
NewIncrease2.svg 1st KPRP
1993 Chea Sim Hun Sen 1,533,47138.2Decrease2.svg 52.1
51 / 120
Decrease2.svg 66Decrease2.svg 2nd FUNCINPEC–CPP–BLDP–MOULINAKA
1998 2,030,79041.4Increase2.svg 3.2
64 / 122
Increase2.svg 13Increase2.svg 1stCPP–FUNCINPEC
2003 2,447,25947.3Increase2.svg 5.9
73 / 123
Increase2.svg 9Steady2.svg 1stCPP–FUNCINPEC
2008 3,492,37458.1Increase2.svg 10.8
90 / 123
Increase2.svg 17Steady2.svg 1stCPP–FUNCINPEC
2013 3,235,96948.8Decrease2.svg 9.3
68 / 123
Decrease2.svg 22Steady2.svg 1stCPP
2018 Hun Sen 4,889,11376.8Increase2.svg 28.0
125 / 125
Increase2.svg 57Steady2.svg 1stCPP
2023 Hun Sen Hun Manet 6,398,31182.3Increase2.svg 5.5
120 / 125
Decrease2.svg 5Steady2.svg 1stCPP

Communal elections

YearLeaderVotes Chiefs Councillors Position
#%±#±#±
2002 [26] Hun Sen 2,647,84960.9New
1,598 / 1,621
New
7,552 / 11,261
NewIncrease2.svg 1st
2007 [27] 3,148,53360.8Decrease2.svg 0.1
1,591 / 1,621
Decrease2.svg 7
7,993 / 11,353
Increase2.svg 441Steady2.svg 1st
2012 [28] 3,631,08261.8Increase2.svg 1.0
1,592 / 1,633
Increase2.svg 1
8,292 / 11,459
Increase2.svg 299Steady2.svg 1st
2017 [29] 3,540,05650.8Decrease2.svg 11.0
1,156 / 1,646
Decrease2.svg 436
6,503 / 11,572
Decrease2.svg 1,789Steady2.svg 1st
2022 [30] 5,378,77374.3Increase2.svg 23.5
1,648 / 1,652
Increase2.svg 492
9,376 / 11,622
Increase2.svg 2,873Steady2.svg 1st

Senate elections

YearCandidateVotesSeatsPosition
#%±#±
2006 Chea Sim 7,85469.2—
45 / 61
Increase2.svg 14Steady2.svg 1st
2012 8,88077.8Increase2.svg 8.6
46 / 61
Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg 1st
2018 Say Chhum 11,20295.9Increase2.svg 18.1
58 / 62
Increase2.svg 12Steady2.svg 1st
2024 Hun Sen 10,05285.9Decrease2.svg 10.0
55 / 62
Decrease2.svg 3Steady2.svg 1st

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Notes

  1. ↑ Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: Keanapak Pracheachon Kampuchea; Khmer pronunciation: [keanapaʔprɑciəcɔnkampuciə]
  2. ↑ Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: Keanapak Pracheachon Padevoat Kampuchea; Khmer pronunciation: [keanapaʔprɑciəcɔnpaɗeʋɔətkampuciə]

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