Communist Party of Uruguay

The Communist Party of Uruguay (Spanish: Partido Comunista del Uruguay) is a communist party in Uruguay, created on September 21, 1920. It is a member organisation of the ruling Broad Front.

PCU 62nd anniversary sticker

Communist Party of Uruguay

Partido Comunista del Uruguay
LeaderJuan Castillo
PresidentVictorio Casartelli
FoundedSeptember 21, 1920
HeadquartersFernández Crespo 2098, Montevideo, Uruguay
Youth wingUnion of Communist Youth (Uruguay)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
National affiliationBroad Front
International affiliationForo de São Paulo
Congreso Bolivariano de los Pueblos
IMCWP[1]
ColorsRed azure white
Chamber of Deputies
6 / 99
Senate
2 / 30
Website
http://www.pcu.org.uy/

The current PCU secretary-general is Juan Castillo.

Secretaries-general

N.º Secretario Mandato
Inicio Fin
1 Eugenio Gómez 1920 1955
2 Rodney Arismendi 1955 1973
3 Jaime Pérez (clandestine during the dictatorship) 1973 1974
4 José Luis Massera (clandestine during the dictatorship) 1974 1975
5 Gerardo Cuesta (clandestine during the dictatorship) 1975 1976
6 León Lev (clandestine during the dictatorship) 1976 1979
7 José Pacella (clandestine during the dictatorship) 1979 1981
8 Ramón Cabrera (clandestine during the dictatorship) 1981 1985
9 Rodney Arismendi 1985 1988
10 Jaime Pérez 1988 1992
11 Marina Arismendi 1992 2006
12 Eduardo Lorier 2006 2017
13 Juan Castillo 2017 current

References

  1. IMCWP. "Communist and Workers' Parties". IMCWP. Retrieved February 16, 2019.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.