General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea

General Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
អគ្គលេខាធិការគណៈកម្មាធិការមជ្ឈិមបក្សកុម្មុយនិស្តកម្ពុជា
Emblem of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
Banner of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
Last and longest in office
Pol Pot
22 February 1963 – 6 December 1981
Central Committee of the Communist Party
TypeParty leader
Member ofPolitburo
Secretariat
SeatPhnom Penh
AppointerCentral Committee
Formation30 September 1960; 64 years ago (1960-09-30)
First holderTou Samouth
Final holderPol Pot
Abolished6 December 1981; 42 years ago (1981-12-06)

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer: អគ្គលេខាធិការគណៈកម្មាធិការមជ្ឈិមបក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា) was the highest office in the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK).[1] The General Secretary was elected at plenary sessions of the party's Central Committee, and chaired the Secretariat and Politburo. The office was abolished when the CPK dissolved in 1981, two years after being removed from power in the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia.

  1. ^ "A Delicate History". The Cambodia Daily. 23–24 March 2002. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.