Jesus Lava

Jesus Lava
General Secretary of the
Communist Party of the Philippines
In office
February 1951 – May 21, 1964
Preceded byJose Lava
Succeeded byProvisional Politburo
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
from Bulacan's First District
The office was not taken
Personal details
BornJesus Baltazar Lava
May 15, 1914
Bulacan, Philippine Islands
DiedJanuary 21, 2003(2003-01-21) (aged 88)
Cause of deathProstate cancer
Resting placeBulakan Catholic Cemetery, Bulacan
PartyPartido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 (from 1942)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Alliance
EducationUniversity of the Philippines[which?]

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. 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. The Lavas were a prominent family in Bulacan in the Philippines.

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.