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
Leader	Juan Castillo
President	Victorio Casartelli
Founded	September 21, 1920
Headquarters	Fernández Crespo 2098, Montevideo, Uruguay
Youth wing	Union of Communist Youth (Uruguay)
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
National affiliation	Broad Front
International affiliation	Foro de São Paulo Congreso Bolivariano de los Pueblos IMCWP[1]
Colors	Red azure white
Chamber of Deputies	6 / 99
Senate	2 / 30
Website
http://www.pcu.org.uy/
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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)

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