Communist Party of Chile

Communist Party of Chile

Partido Comunista de Chile
Communist Party of Chile Partido Comunista de Chile
President	Lautaro Carmona Soto
Secretary-General	Bárbara Figueroa
Chief of Deputies	Boris Barrera
Founded	4 June 1912
Headquarters	Vicuña Mackenna 31; Santiago
Newspaper	El Siglo
Youth wing	Communist Youth of Chile
Membership (2023)	46,031
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Left-wing populism;
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	Government Alliance (since 2022) Formerly: Revolutionary Convention (1912–1921) ; Revolutionary Movement (1921–1924) ; Socialist-Republican Covenant (1925–1930) ; Popular Front (1937–1941) ; Democratic Alliance (1942–1947) ; People's National Front (1951–1956) ; Popular Action Front (1956–1969) ; Popular Unity (1969–1981) ; People's Democratic Movement (1983–1987) ; Juntos Podemos Más (2003–2011) ; New Majority (2013–2018) ; Unity for Change (2019–2020) ; Chile Digno (2020–2022) ; Apruebo Dignidad (2021–2023) ;
Regional affiliation	São Paulo Forum
International affiliation	IMCWP; Comintern (1922–1943);
Colours	Red; Yellow;
Chamber of Deputies	10 / 155
Senate	2 / 50
Party flag
Website
	www.pcchile.cl
	Politics of Chile; Political parties; Elections;

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.