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Jesus Baltazar Lava (May 15, 1914 – January 21, 2003) was the Secretary General of the first Communist Party of the Philippines (PKP) from 1950.
Jesus Lava | |
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Philippines | |
In office February 1951 – May 21, 1964 | |
Preceded by | Jose Lava |
Succeeded by | Provisional Politburo[a] |
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Bulacan's First District | |
The office was not taken[1] | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jesus Baltazar Lava May 15, 1914 Bulacan, Philippine Islands |
Died | January 21, 2003 | (aged 88)
Cause of death | Prostate cancer |
Resting place | Loyola Memorial Chapels, Philippines |
Political party | Communist Party of the Philippines (from 1942) |
Alma mater | University of the Philippines |
Career
editJesus Lava became the Secretary General of the pro-Soviet PKP after the arrest of his brother José Lava.[2] In 1968, part of the membership of the party split to create a new Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Lava, the General Secretary of the already disappearing PKP, was labelled a "counterrevolutionary revisionist".
Family
editJesus Lava was the youngest of nine children of Adeodato Lava and Maria Baltazar.[3] The Lavas were a prominent family in Bulacan in the Philippines.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ Chaired by Paco Lava.
References
edit- ^ Elected in 1946. Did not serve term due to electoral protest.
- ^ "Jesus Lava". Seasite.niu.edu. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ Dalisay Jr., Jose (1998). "The Lava Brothers: Blood and Politics" (PDF). Public Policy. 2 (3): 87–112.
- ^ Philippine Headline News Online (Phno) (January 25, 2003). "JESUS LAVA DEAD AT 88". Newsflash.org. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.