Victorio Codovilla
Victorio Codovilla | |
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President of the Communist Party of Argentina | |
In office 3 March 1963 – 15 April 1970 | |
Secretary-General | Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez |
Succeeded by | Fanny Edelman |
Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Argentina | |
In office 17 November 1941 – 3 March 1963 | |
Preceded by | Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez |
Succeeded by | Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez |
Personal details | |
Born | Vittorio Codovilla 4 February 1894 Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Italy Argentina |
Political party | Italian Socialist Party (1911–1912) Communist Party of Argentina (1920–1970) |
Victorio Codovilla, born Vittorio Codovilla (8 February 1894 – 15 April 1970), was an
Early life and politics
Codovilla was born in
In 1924 Codovilla represented the PCA at the
Comintern advisor in Spain
Codovilla was sent to
With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, Codovilla remained in Madrid advising the PCE, but has been regarded as generally less effective than his Barcelona-based counterpart Ernő Gerő.[4] His position was further eclipsed by the arrival of Boris Stepanov, a favorite of Joseph Stalin, in February 1937.[5] By the summer of 1937 reports to Moscow by fellow Comintern advisor Palmiro Togliatti were critical of both the state of the PCE leadership and Codovilla. In September, Codovilla was recalled to Moscow and superseded by Togliatti.[6]
General Secretary and President of the PCA
Codovilla remained in Moscow until early 1941, when he returned to Argentina. The same year, he was appointed Secretary-General of the Argentine Communist Party; he held this office until March 1963, when he became President of the party. His term as Secretary-General was marked by strong loyalty to the Soviet Union, and opposition to both the regime of Juan Perón and the political development following the 1955 coup d'état which overthrew Perón.
Codovilla attended the 19th Congress of the CPSU in October 1952, which he addressed on behalf of the PCA; Codovilla also represented and spoke for the PCA at the 20th and the 21st congresses of the CPSU, held in 1956 and 1959 respectively. He performed the same functions at the International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties in November 1957. Codovilla died in Moscow in November 1970.[7]
References
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- ^ a b c Lazić & Drachkovitch 1986, p. 77.
- OCLC 567997973.
- ^ Payne 2004, p. 188.
- ^ Payne 2004, p. 209.
- ^ Payne 2004, p. 236.
- ISBN 978-0-8179-8403-8. Retrieved 3 October 2021.