José Lava
José Baltazar Lava | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of the Philippine Communist Party | |
| In office May 1948 – February 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Frianeza |
| Succeeded by | Jesus Lava |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1912 |
| Died | 2000 (aged 87–88) |
| Party | Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 |
| Children | Aida Lava Dizon |
| Relatives | |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines |
José Baltazar Lava, also known as Peping or Harry, was the general secretary of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 (PKP), from 1948 until his arrest in 1950. He spent the following two decades in prison and another two decades in exile in Prague, Czechoslovakia.