Kampuchea (1975–1976) កម្ពុជា Kâmpŭchéa Democratic Kampuchea (1976–1979) កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ Kâmpŭchéa Prâcheathippadey Kampuchéa démocratique
Capital | Phnom Penh
Common languages | Khmer
Government | Maoist one-party totalitarian dictatorship
General Secretary |
• 1976–1979 | Pol Pot
President of the State Presidium |
• 1975–1976 | Norodom Sihanouk
• 1976–1979 | Khieu Samphan
Prime Minister |
• 1976–1979 | Pol Pot
• 1976 | Nuon Chea (interim)
Legislature | People's Representative Assembly
Historical era | Cold War
• Fall of Phnom Penh | 17 April 1975
• Proclamation | 15 January 1976
• Vietnamese invasion | 5 January 1979
• Establishment of the CGDK | 22 June 1982