People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity
Any Political and party leadership 2
Affiliation(set)

Most people

Any United States state institutionsstate 50 Hungarystate 26 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 25 Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 22 Czechoslovakiastate 20 East Germanystate 20 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 18 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 17 Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) 2

All 125 affiliations

Afghanistan

Afghanistanstate 4 People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 4

Albania

Albaniastate 4 Party of Labour of Albania 4

Algeria

National Liberation Front (FLN, Algeria) 1

Angola

Angolastate 7 Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 10

Australia

Australian Labor Party (ALP) 1

Austria

Austria state institutionsstate 1

Benin

Beninstate 3

Brazil

Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) 1

Bulgaria

Bulgariastate 3 Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 3

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso state institutionsstate 1

Cambodia

Cambodia state institutionsstate 2 Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) 2 Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) 2 Democratic Kampucheastate 2 People’s Republic of Kampucheastate 1

Chile

Chile state institutionsstate 1

China

Communist Party of China 2 Kuomintang 1

Congo - Brazzaville

Republic of the Congostate 6 Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) 3

Cuba

Cubastate 5 Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) 5 26th of July Movement 1

Czechia

Czechia state institutionsstate 1

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakiastate 20 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 25 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 3

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 7 New People's Party of Korea 2 Democratic Party of Korea 2 Workers' Party of North Korea 5 Democratic People’s Republic of Koreastate 6

DR Congo

DR Congo state institutionsstate 1 Congolese National Movement (MNC) 1

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 22 East Germanystate 20

Ethiopia

Ethiopiastate 4 Workers' Party of Ethiopia 1

Finland

Finland state institutionsstate 2

France

France state institutionsstate 7 French Communist Party (PCF) 6 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 10 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 17 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 12 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 5 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 8

Ghana

Ghana state institutionsstate 1

Grenada

Grenadastate 1 New JEWEL Movement (NJM) 1

Guinea-Bissau

African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) 1

Hungary

Hungarystate 26 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 15 Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 12 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP) 14 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 4 Independent Smallholders' Party (FKGP) 4

India

India state institutionsstate 1 Indian National Congress 1

Indonesia

Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) 1

International organizations

Comintern 1 United Nations 2

Italy

Italy state institutionsstate 1 Communist Party of Italy / Italian Communist Party (PCdI/PCI) 3 Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

Japan

Japan state institutionsstate 1 Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 1

Laos

Laosstate 4 Lao People's Revolutionary Party 3

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutionsstate 1

Madagascar

Madagascarstate 2

Mongolia

Mongolian People's Party / Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 1

Mozambique

Mozambiquestate 2 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) 3

Poland

Polandstate 14 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 18 Solidarity (Solidarność) 7 Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 2 Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 3 Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 5 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 11 Polish People's Party (PSL) 2 Polish Socialist Party (PPS) 2 Freedom Union (Poland) 5 Democratic Union (Poland) 4

Portugal

Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) 1

Romania

Romaniastate 8 Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 8

Russia

Russian Federation state institutionsstate 1 United Russia 1 Our Home – Russia 1

Somalia

Somaliastate 3

South Africa

South African Communist Party (SACP) 2 African National Congress (ANC) 2 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) 1

South Korea

South Korea state institutionsstate 2 Communist Party of Korea 2 Workers' Party of South Korea 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 6 Soviet Unionstate 1

Spain

Spain state institutionsstate 1 Spanish Republicstate 2 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1

Tanzania

Tanzania state institutionsstate 1

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan state institutionsstate 1

United Kingdom

United Kingdom state institutionsstate 4 Labour Party (United Kingdom) 2 Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 2 Conservative Party (United Kingdom) 1

United States

United States state institutionsstate 50 Socialist Workers Party (United States) 1 Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 4 Democratic Party (United States) 15 Republican Party (United States) 15

Vietnam

Vietnamstate 13 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 11

Yemen

Yemen state institutionsstate 2 Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 6 South Yemenstate 4

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 8 Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 7
Position
Any Marxism and communism 1
Citizenship
Any Cambodia 2
Background
Any Cambodia 2
Era(set)
Any

People of the wider world

The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 2
Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재 Clear all
GlossaryKampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP)

Pen Sovann

ប៉ែន សុវាន
People’s Republic of Kampuchea Communism Cambodia Cambodia 1936–2016

First prime minister of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party

Removed and arrested on 2 December 1981, he formally held the posts of prime minister and party general secretary until 5 December, when Heng Samrin became general secretary and Chan Sy acting prime minister.

A Cambodian politician who broke with the Khmer Rouge and cooperated with Vietnam. One of the founding leaders of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation in 1978, he led the building of party and administrative structures as the People's Revolutionary Party's general secretary after the 1979 regime change. He became prime minister in June 1981 but was removed and arrested under Vietnamese pressure that December and was held until 1992.

Career timeline
  • 1950Joined the Khmer Issarak guerrilla struggle
  • 1978Founding leader of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation
  • 1979–1981General Secretary of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party
  • 1981.06.27–1981.12.05Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea
  • 1981–1992Detained in Vietnam
  • 2007Vice President of the Human Rights Party
  • 2013–2016National Assembly member for Kampong Speu (Cambodia National Rescue Party)

Hun Sen

ហ៊ុន សែន
Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) Communism Cambodia Cambodia 1952–

Cambodia's long-serving prime minister

In 1979, at the age of 26, he became Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea, the world's youngest foreign minister.

A Cambodian politician and former military officer. He joined the Khmer Rouge in 1970 and served as a battalion commander before defecting in 1977 to fight alongside Vietnamese forces. After the regime fell in 1979 he became Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea, and in 1985 succeeded Chan Sy as Prime Minister. He remained in power for decades and now serves as president of the Senate and acting head of state.

Career timeline
  • 1970Joined the Khmer Rouge
  • 1979Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea
  • 1985Became Prime Minister
  • 1993Second Prime Minister
  • 1998Prime Minister after consecutive CPP election victories
  • 2023Stepped down as prime minister