002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 E. MINISTRIES (GOVERNMENT) OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 62. By a decision of 30 March 1976, the Central Committee decided the composition of the organs of state called to replace, as the official government, the Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea.178 It was said that the government "must be a proper party organ. It must be our own state”. The ministers were publicly announced on 14 April 1976.179 63. Though this composition was subject to changes during the course of the DK regime, the government was broadly structured along the following lines:180 Pol Pot as Prime Minister with general responsibility of the military and the economy; Ieng Sary as Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs; Son Sen as Deputy Prime Minister for National Defence; Vorn Vet as Deputy Prime Minster for Economics; Nuon Chea as Chairman of the People’s Representative Assemby;181 Hu Nim as Minister for Propaganda; Yun Yat as Minister for Education; Touch Phoeun as Minister for Public Works, Transport and Post; Koy Thuon as Minister for Commerce; Cheng An as Minister of Industry;182 Ieng Thirith as Minister for Social Affairs; Thioun Thioeun as Minister for Health; and Khieu Samphan as Chairman of the State Presidium and responsible for commercial tasks relating to accounting and pricing.183 III. 64. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES (NATIONAL) Below the level of the Centre, Democratic Kampuchea was sub-divided into a series of hierarchical administrative entities, all reporting up a vertical chain-of-command, culminating at the Centre. Immediately below the Centre were a number of large “zones”. They were subdivided into “sectors” with each of these containing a number of “districts” within which were a series of “subdistricts” and “cooperatives”.184 At each level, the zone, sector, district and subdistrict tiers of this national structure were each governed by a committee, each of which was headed by a secretary.185 65. Immediately after April 1975 there were six zones; North Zone, Northwest Zone, Northeast Zone, Southwest Zone, West Zone and East Zone.186 In 1977, the North Zone was renamed the Central Zone187 and a new North Zone was created. 66. In addition to the zones which reported directly to the Centre, the CPK created a number of “autonomous sectors” which bypassed the zone level to report directly to the Centre. These were Autonomous Sector 103 (Preah Vihear), Autonomous Sector 105 (Mondulkiri), Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, National Road 4, Choam Chao, Dangkao Phnom Penh Mailing address: P.O. Box 71, Phnom Penh; Tel: +855(0)23 218914 Fax: +855(0) 23 218941. 23