General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea | |
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អគ្គលេខាធិការគណៈកម្មាធិការមជ្ឈិមបក្សកុម្មុយនិស្តកម្ពុជា | |
Central Committee of the Communist Party | |
Type | Party leader |
Member of | Politburo Secretariat |
Seat | Phnom Penh |
Appointer | Central Committee |
Formation | 30 September 1960 |
First holder | Tou Samouth |
Final holder | Pol Pot |
Abolished | 6 December 1981 |
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.