Communist Party of Chile

Communist Party of Chile

Partido Comunista de Chile
Communist Party of Chile Partido Comunista de Chile
President	Guillermo Teillier
Secretary-General	Lautaro Carmona [es]
Chief of Deputies	Boris Barrera
Founded	4 June 1912; 112 years ago
Headquarters	Vicuña Mackenna 31; Santiago
Newspaper	El Siglo
Youth wing	Communist Youth of Chile
Membership (2023)	46,031
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Left-wing populism;
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	Chile Digno (since 2020) ; Apruebo Dignidad (since 2021) Formerly: Revolutionary Convention (1912–1921) ; Revolutionary Movement (1921–1924) ; Socialist-Republican Covenant (1925–1930) ; Popular Front (1937–1941) ; Democratic Alliance (1942–1947) ; People's National Front (1951–1956) ; Popular Action Front (1956–1969) ; Popular Unity (1969–1981) ; People's Democratic Movement (1983–1987) ; Juntos Podemos Más (2003–2011) ; New Majority (2013–2018) ; Unity for Change (2019–2020) ;
Regional affiliation	São Paulo Forum
International affiliation	IMCWP; Comintern (1922–1943);
Colours	Red; Yellow;
Chamber of Deputies	12 / 155
Senate	2 / 50
Party flag
Website
	www.pcchile.cl

The Communist Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Chile) is a Chilean political party inspired by the thoughts of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. It was founded in 1922, as the continuation of the Socialist Workers Party. In 1932 it established its youth wing, the Communist Youth of Chile (Juventudes Comunistas de Chile [abbr:JJ.CC]).

The PCCh was a member of "New Majority" (Spanish: Nueva Mayoría), a leftist coalition led by President of Chile Michelle Bachelet.

It holds 8 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.

Leaders

General Secretary	Tenure	President	Tenure
Ramón Sepúlveda Leal	1922–?	Elijah Lafferte	1956–1961
Luis A. González	?–?	Dissolved	1961–2002
Galvarino Gil	?–?	Gladys Marín	2002–2005
Maclovio Galdames	?–?	Guillermo Teillier	2005–present
José Santos Zavala	?–?	—	—
Isaias Iriarte	?–1929	—	—
Carlos Contreras Labarca	1931–1946	—	—
Ricardo Fonseca	1946–1948	—	—
Oyarzun Galo González	1948–1958	—	—
Luis Corvalán	1958–1990	—	—
Volodia Teitelboim	1990–1994	—	—
Gladys Marín	1994–2002	—	—
Guillermo Teillier	2002–2005	—	—
Lautaro Carmona [es]	2005–present	—	—

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