Jesus Lava

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Baltazar and the surname or paternal family name is Lava.

Jesus Baltazar Lava (May 15, 1914 – January 21, 2003) was the Secretary General of the first Communist Party of the Philippines (PKP) from 1950.

Career

Jesus 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

Jesus 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

  1. ^ Chaired by Paco Lava.

References

  1. ^ Elected in 1946. Did not serve term due to electoral protest.
  2. ^ "Jesus Lava". Seasite.niu.edu. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Dalisay Jr., Jose (1998). "The Lava Brothers: Blood and Politics" (PDF). Public Policy. 2 (3): 87–112.
  4. ^ 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.