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). 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.
| 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 | |
| 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 |
General secretaries
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Tenure | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||
| 1 | Tou Samouth ទូ សាមុត (1915–1962) | 30 September 1960 | 20 July 1962 | 1 year, 293 days | Inaugural officeholder; disappeared under disputed circumstances in July 1962. | |
| 2 | Pol Pot ប៉ុល ពត (1925–1998) | 22 February 1963 | 6 December 1981 | 18 years, 287 days | Elected in February 1963, maintained post until the dissolution in 1981. Under his leadership, the party's guerrilla branch, Khmer Rouge, succeeded in overthrowing US-backed military government of Lon Nol, and on 17 April 1975, established Democratic Kampuchea, an agrarian socialist dictatorship. | |
See also
- Agrarian socialism
- Communist Youth League of Kampuchea
- Party of Democratic Kampuchea
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