Luis Corvalán
Luis Nicolás Corvalán Lepe (14 September 1916, in Puerto Montt[1] – 21 July 2010[2]) was a Chilean politician. He served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh).
Corvalán joined the Communist Party of Chile at the age of fifteen in the city of Chillán shortly after the fall of the dictatorship of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo in 1932.[3] Trained as a teacher, after 1952 he became an elected member of the PCCh's Central Committee, and after 1958 served as the secretary-general. The party was outlawed from 1948 until 1958.
On 11 September 1973, General
Corvalán headed the Communist Party of Chile – both within Chile and whilst in exile – for over three decades, which covered the whole period of the Pinochet military dictatorship.[3] Corvalán returned to Chile in 1990 after the end of the Pinochet regime.
Works
- The Other Germany – the GDR. Discussions with Margot Honecker, in which German Democratic Republic from her perspective.[5]
- Living Portrayal of Salvador Allende by Luis Corvalan. (Spanish language)
Notes
- ^ "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile". Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Fallece Luis Corvalán Lepéz, ex secretario general del PC". Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ a b According to Nuestra Propuesta Interview - Raúl Martínez / Corvalán. (Carlos Ibáñez del Campo would return to the presidency between 1952 and 1958 a period which meant severe repression against the PCCh)"Luis Corvalan". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- ^ Judt, Tony. Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945. p 575
- ^ "Conversaciones con Margot Honecker : la otra Alemania, la RDA". Catalogue of National Library of Chile.
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