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 Ottobiano, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 15 April 1970 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 76)
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 Italian-born Argentine socialist and later communist politician. At first a member of the Italian Socialist Party, he emigrated to Argentina in 1912 and went on to hold prominent posts in the Comintern and the Communist Party of Argentina (PCA), of which he was General Secretary in 1941–1963 and President in 1963–1970.