Cambodian People's Party

Not to be confused with Pracheachon.

Cambodian People's Party
គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា
Khmer nameគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា
AbbreviationCPP
KPRP (before 1991)
PresidentHun Sen
Vice PresidentsSay Chhum
Sar Kheng
Tea Banh
Men Sam An[1]
Hun Manet
FoundersSơn Ngọc Minh
Tou Samouth
Founded28 June 1951; 73 years ago (1951-06-28)[2]
5 January 1979 (reconstruction)
Split fromIndochinese Communist Party
Headquarters7 January Palace[3]
203 Norodom Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Youth wingPeople's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea (1979–1989)
Central Youth of the Cambodian People's Party (present)
Military wingKampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (1979–1989)
Cambodian People's Armed Forces (1989–1993)
Membership (2023)Increase 7,100,000[4]
Ideology
National affiliationSolidarity Front for Development of the Cambodian Motherland
International affiliationCentrist 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[11]
3,761 / 4,114
Provincial Governors
25 / 25
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."[12]

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]

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.[13] 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.[14]

The party's rule has been described as authoritarian.[15][16][17][18]

  1. ^ "DPMs Tea Banh and Men Sam An elected as VPs of ruling party". Khmer Times. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ^ Niem, Chheng (26 June 2019). "CPP set to mark anniversary, vows to maintain public trust". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ "New $30M CPP Headquarters Inaugurated". Cambodianess. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Cambodian PM elected as ruling party's vice president". Xinhua. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ Aflaki, Inga N. (2016). Entrepreneurship in the Polis. Routledge. p. 196. ISBN 9781472423993.
  6. ^ Chheang, Vannarith (20 July 2018). "What lies ahead for Cambodia after its next election?". East Asia Forum.
  7. ^ Quackenbush, Casey (7 January 2019). "40 Years After the Fall of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia Still Grapples With Pol Pot's Brutal Legacy". Time. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ^ Prak, Chan Thul (2 February 2018). "Cambodian government criminalizes insult of monarchy". Reuters. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  9. ^ Hul, Reaksmey (27 October 2018). "Hun Sen, Former Opposition Leader in Row Over 'Loyalty to Royals'". Voice of America. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  10. ^ a b Vickery, Michael (1 January 1994). "The Cambodian People's Party: Where Has It Come From, Where Is It Going?". Southeast Asian Affairs. 21: 102. doi:10.1355/SEAA94G. ProQuest 1308074383.
  11. ^ Khorn, Savi (11 June 2019). "Ministry: Councillors to be appointed by next Monday". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  12. ^ de Zeeuw, Jeroen (2009). "Political Party Development in Post-War Societies: The Institutionalization of Parties and Party Systems in El Salvador and Cambodia" (PDF). Department of Politics and International Studies. University of Warwick: 289–298.
  13. ^ Chandler, David P.; C., D. P. (1983). "Revising the Past in Democratic Kampuchea: When Was the Birthday of the Party?". Pacific Affairs. 56 (2): 288–300. doi:10.2307/2758655. JSTOR 2758655.
  14. ^ Brickell, Katherine; Springer, Simon; Strangio, Sebastian (2017). The Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia. Routledge Handbooks. Routledge. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-315-73670-9. The CPP presents itself as a big tent in which any opponent is welcome, as long as they divest themselves of political ambitions, humbly accept their place in the scheme of ksae, and recognize the leadership and superior omnaich of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
  15. ^ Bahree, Megha (24 September 2014). "In Cambodia, A Close Friendship With The PM Leads To Vast Wealth For One Power Couple". Forbes. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  16. ^ David Roberts (29 April 2016). Political Transition in Cambodia 1991–99: Power, Elitism and Democracy. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-85054-7. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2017. (section XI, "Recreating Elite Stability, July 1997 to July 1998")
  17. ^ Cock, Andrew (4 May 2010). "External actors and the relative autonomy of the ruling elite in post-UNTAC Cambodia". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 41 (2). Cambridge University Press: 241–265. doi:10.1017/S0022463410000044. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  18. ^ The Political Economy of Southeast Asia Politics and Uneven Development Under Hyperglobalisation. Germany: Springer International Publishing. 3 March 2020. p. 112. Retrieved 12 September 2024.


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