People's Republic of Kampuchea

People's Republic of Kampuchea សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា  (Khmer) Cộng hòa Nhân dân Campuchia  (Vietnamese)
1979–1989
Flag Emblem
Motto: ឯករាជ្យ សន្តិភាព សេរីភាព សុភមង្គល[1] "Independence, Peace, Liberty, Happiness"
Anthem: បទចម្រៀងនៃសាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា "Anthem of the People's Republic of Kampuchea"
Status	Partially-recognised socialist state occupied by the People's Army of Vietnam
Capital and largest city	Phnom Penh
Official languages	Khmer Vietnamese
Religion	State secularism[2][1]
Government	Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic
General Secretary
• 1979–1981	Pen Sovan
• 1981–1989	Heng Samrin
Head of state
• 1979–1989	Heng Samrin
Prime Minister
• 1981	Pen Sovan
• 1982–1984	Chan Sy
• 1985–1989	Hun Sen
Legislature	National Assembly
Historical era	Cold War
• Victory in Phnom Penh and Establishment	7 January 1979
• Constitution	25 June 1981
• K5 Plan	1985
• Transition	1 May 1989
Population
• 1980	6,600,000[3]
Currency	Kampuchean riel (from 1980) Vietnamese đồng (until 1980)
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+855
Preceded by Succeeded by Democratic Kampuchea State of Cambodia
Today part of	Cambodia

The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) was a partially recognised state in Southeast Asia supported by Vietnam which existed from 1979 to 1989. It was founded in the country, Cambodia, by the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation. The Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation is a group of Cambodian communists who were not satisfied with the Khmer Rouge due to its terrible rule of Cambodia and left it after the Cambodian–Vietnamese War of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot's government. Brought about by an invasion from Vietnam, which routed the Khmer Rouge armies, it had Vietnam and the Soviet Union as its main allies.

References

1. "Constitution of the People's Republic of Kampuchea" (PDF) (in Khmer). Constitutional Council of Cambodia. 25 June 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
2. "Cambodia – Religion". Britannica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
3. "Results of the 1998 Population Census in Cambodia". Asia-Pacific Population Journal. September 2000. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2019.