José Carlos Rates
José Carlos Rates | |
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| Secretary General of the Portuguese Communist Party | |
| In office November 1923 – October 1925 | |
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| Born | 1879 |
| Died | 1961 (aged 81–82) |
| Political party | Portuguese Communist Party (until c. 1931) National Union (from 1931) |
| Occupation | Union leader, politician, journalist |
José Carlos Rates (1879–1961)[1][2] was the first General Secretariy of the Portuguese Communist Party, after the Party's foundation in 1921. Rates was chosen, in 1923, to lead the Party by the delegate of the Communist International in Portugal, Jules Humbert-Droz, after several problems inside the newly founded Party. He was replaced by Bento Gonçalves, in 1929, and later left the party. He joined the National Union in 1931.
References[]
- ^ João Arsénio Nunes, Comunismo e antifascismo : Artigos e ensaios, pp. 309-314. ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 2017.
- ^ "RATES, José Carlos (1879-1945)" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-06-25.
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- 1879 births
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