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Victorio Codovilla
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| President of the Communist Party of Argentina | |
| In office 3 March 1963 – 15 April 1970 |
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by | Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez |
| Succeeded by | Gerónimo Arnedo Álvarez |
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Vittorio Codovilla
4 February 1894 Ottobiano, Lombardy,  Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 15 April 1970 (aged 76) Moscow, Russian SFSR,  Soviet Union |
| Nationality |  Italy Argentina |
| Political party | Italian Socialist Party (1911–1912) Communist Party of Argentina (1920–1970) |
Victorio Codovilla (born February 8, 1894 – died April 15, 1970) was a politician. He was born in Italy and later became an Argentine citizen. He was first a socialist and then a communist leader.
He joined the Italian Socialist Party when he was young. In 1912, he moved to Argentina. There, he became a very important leader in the Communist Party of Argentina (PCA). He also worked for the Comintern, an international communist organization. He was the PCA's General Secretary from 1941 to 1963. After that, he served as the party's President from 1963 until his death in 1970.
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Victorio Codovilla's Early Life and Political Start
Victorio Codovilla was born in a town called Ottobiano in 1894. He joined the Italian Socialist Party in 1911. A year later, in 1912, he moved to Argentina. He continued to be active in international socialist politics there.
In 1920, he joined the Communist Party of Argentina (PCA). He was quickly chosen to be part of its Central Committee and Politburo. These are important groups that help lead the party. He stayed on these committees until he died in 1970.
In 1924, Codovilla traveled to Moscow. He represented the PCA at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Communist International (ECCI). This was a big international group for communist parties. After this, he worked for a communist social service group called International Red Aid.
In December 1926, he spoke again before the ECCI. He was then made an alternate member of this important committee. In 1927, he went to a meeting in Brussels for the League Against Imperialism. The next year, in 1928, Codovilla led the eighth meeting of the Communist Party of Argentina. He also took part in the first meeting of Latin American communist parties in Buenos Aires in 1929.
Codovilla's Role in the Spanish Civil War
The Comintern sent Victorio Codovilla to Madrid, Spain. His job was to give advice to the Communist Party of Spain. He used the name Luis Medina while he was there.
In March 1932, he presented a paper at the PCE's fourth meeting. He said that the new Second Republic was facing problems from different sides. He believed that the government would soon become a strict dictatorship. He stressed that Spanish communists needed to create revolutionary groups. They also needed to set up local councils, called Soviets, to stop what he saw as a movement against their goals.
When the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, Codovilla stayed in Madrid. He continued to advise the PCE. However, some people thought he was less effective than another advisor in Barcelona, Ernő Gerő. His influence also lessened when Joseph Stalin's favorite, Boris Stepanov, arrived in February 1937.
By the summer of 1937, other Comintern advisors, like Palmiro Togliatti, sent reports to Moscow. These reports were critical of the PCE's leadership and also of Codovilla. In September, Codovilla was called back to Moscow. Togliatti then took over his role.
Leading the Communist Party of Argentina
Victorio Codovilla stayed in Moscow until early 1941. Then, he returned to Argentina. In the same year, he was chosen as the Secretary-General of the Argentine Communist Party. He held this important position until March 1963. After that, he became the President of the party.
During his time as Secretary-General, he showed strong loyalty to the Soviet Union. He was also against the government of Juan Perón. He also opposed the political changes that happened after the 1955 military takeover, which removed Perón from power.
Codovilla attended several important meetings in the Soviet Union. He spoke for the PCA at the 19th Congress of the CPSU in October 1952. He also represented and spoke for the PCA at the 20th and 21st congresses of the CPSU, held in 1956 and 1959. He did the same at the International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties in November 1957. Victorio Codovilla passed away in Moscow in November 1970.
See also
In Spanish: Victorio Codovilla para niños
