Communist Party of Uruguay

Communist Party of Uruguay
*Partido Comunista del Uruguay*
Communist Party of Uruguay Partido Comunista del Uruguay
Leader	Juan Castillo
Founded	21 September 1920;104 years ago
Split from	Socialist Party of Uruguay
Headquarters	Fernández Crespo 2098, Montevideo, Uruguay
Youth wing	Union of Communist Youth (Uruguay) [ es ]
Ideology	Communism ;
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Broad Front
Regional affiliation	Foro de São Paulo
International affiliation	IMCWP
Colors	Red, blue, white
Chamber of Deputies	5 / 99
Senate	2 / 30
Party flag
Website
	www.pcu.org.uy
	Politics of Uruguay ; Political parties ; Elections ;

Last updated August 01, 2025

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The Communist Party of Uruguay (Spanish: Partido Comunista del Uruguay, PCU) is a communist party in Uruguay, founded on 21 September 1920 by members of the Socialist Party who had endorsed the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks.

Secretaries-general

No.	Name	Term
No.	Name	Start	End
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

↑ "Communist and Workers' Parties". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

External links

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Communist Party of Uruguay

Contents

Secretaries-general

References

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