Page "History of Cambodia" Paragraph 47

Within the CPK, the Paris-educated leadership — Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, Nuon Chea, and Son Sen — were in control.

A new constitution in January 1976 established Democratic Kampuchea as a Communist People's Republic, and a 250-member Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Kampuchea ( PRA ) was selected in March to choose the collective leadership of a State Presidium, the chairman of which became the head of state.