Cambodian People's Party
គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា Kanakpak Pracheachon Kâmpuchéa |
|
---|---|
President | Hun Sen |
Vice Presidents |
Say Chhum Sar Kheng |
Founded | 28 June 1951 |
Headquarters | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Ideology |
1951–91: • Communism • Marxism–Leninism 1991–present: • Big tent |
Political position | Centre |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
Colors |
CPP Other |
Senate |
46 / 61
|
National Assembly |
68 / 123
|
Website | |
cpp |
|
The Cambodian People's Party (Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា, Kanakpak Pracheachon Kâmpuchéa; CPP), founded as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍កម្ពុជា, KPRP), is the current ruling party of Cambodia. It was the sole legal party in the country at the time of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989) and during the first two years of the State of Cambodia. Its name was changed during the transitional times of the State of Cambodia, when the single-party system, as well as the Marxist–Leninist ideology were abandoned. Having governed Cambodia since 1979, it is one of the longest-ruling parties in the world. Its main rival is the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
The General Secretary of the party from 1979 to 1981 was Pen Sovan. The KPRP was originally a Marxist–Leninist party, although it took on a more reformist outlook in the mid-1980s under Heng Samrin's leadership. In the 1990s, the KPRP officially dropped its commitment to socialist ideology altogether when it renamed itself the Cambodian People's Party. Since the 2013 election, the party maintains a slim majority in the National Assembly, and a supermajority in the Senate. Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of Cambodia, has served as the party's President since 2015.