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Communist Party of Chile

Also known as PCCh

political party in Chile

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Abbreviation: PCCh
President: Lautaro Carmona Soto
Secretary general: Bárbara Figueroa
Chief of deputies: Boris Barrera
Founded: 4 June 1912 ; 114 years ago ( 1912-06-04 )
Headquarters: Vicuña Mackenna 31, Santiago
Newspaper: El Siglo
Youth wing: Communist Youth of Chile
Membership 2025: 45,083
Ideology: Communism Left-wing populism Marxism–Leninism
Political position: Left-wing to far-left
Regional affiliation: São Paulo Forum

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The Communist Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Chile, PCCh) is a communist party in Chile. It was founded in 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Obrero Socialista) and adopted its current name in 1922. The party established a youth wing, the Communist Youth of Chile (Juventudes Comunistas de Chile, JJ.CC), in 1932.

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