José Carlos Rates (19 February 1879 – 21 January 1961) was the first General Secretary of the

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, after the Party's foundation in 1921. Rates was chosen, in 1923, to lead the Party by the delegate of the Communist International in

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, 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.

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Adesão à União Nacional de José Carlos Rates
Portuguese Communist Party politicians National Union (Portugal) politicians Former Marxists 1879 births 1961 deaths {{Portugal-politician-stub