Communist Party of Uruguay

Communist Party of Uruguay Partido Comunista del Uruguay
Leader	Juan Castillo
Founded	21 September 1920 (1920-09-21)
Split from	Socialist Party of Uruguay
Headquarters	Fernández Crespo 2098, Montevideo, Uruguay
Youth wing	Union of Communist Youth (Uruguay)
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Broad Front
Regional affiliation	Foro de São Paulo
International affiliation	IMCWP
Colors	Red, blue, white
Chamber of Deputies	6 / 99
Senate	2 / 30
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Website
www.pcu.org.uy
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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.

The current secretary-general of the PCU is Juan Castillo. It is a member of the Broad Front coalition.

Secretaries-general

No.	Name	Term
		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