The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) is a big tent political party in Cambodia that was founded in 1991 by former communist leader Hun Sen. The party was preceded by the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP), and the KPRP dropped its Marxist-Leninist views upon the end of the Cold War in 1991. The party renamed itself to the "Cambodian People's Party", and it consisted of politicians with a wide array of views. Under Hun Sen (leader of the country since 1985), the party dominated Cambodian politics, turning the country into a de facto single-party state. During the 2000s, the party was social democratic/democratic socialist, supporting a reformed version of socialism that supported monarchism and patriotism. However, the party soon became non-ideological, even being called conservative.
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