Jesus Lava

Jesus Baltazar Lava (May 15, 1914 – January 21, 2003) was the Secretary General of the first Communist Party of the Philippines (PKP) from 1950.

Career
Jesus Lava became the Secretary General of the pro-Soviet PKP after the arrest of his brother José Lava. In 1968, part of the membership of the party split to create a new Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Lava, the General Secretary of the already disappearing PKP, was labelled a "counterrevolutionary revisionist".

Family
Jesus Lava was the youngest of nine children of Adeodato Lava and Maria Baltazar. The Lavas were a prominent family in Bulacan in the Philippines.