Jaime Caycedo Turriago (born 24 September 1944, Cali) is an anthropologist and Colombian politician. He was the General Secretary of the Colombian Communist Party (PCC) from 1994 until December 2022, when he assumed the newly created position of the party's President.[1][2]
Jaime Caycedo Turriago | |
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 President of the Colombian Communist Party | |
| In office 2022-present | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the seat |
General Secretary of the Colombian Communist Party | |
| In office 1994-2022 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Cepeda Vargas |
| Succeeded by | Claudia Flórez Sepúlveda |
 Councilmember of Bogotá | |
| In office 2007-2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 24, 1944 Cali, Colombia |
| Political party | Colombian Communist Party Unión Patriótica Alternative Democratic Pole |
| Residence(s) | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Education | National University of Colombia |
| Occupation | Anthropologist, Professor |
Caycedo is a regular contributor to Semanario Voz, the PCC's newspaper, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Contexto Latinoamericano magazine.
Education
editCaycedo studied anthropology at the National University of Colombia where he was a student leader in the 1970s as part of the Colombian Communist Youth (JUCO), of which he was once General Secretary. Later associated to the university as a professor, he openly participated in faculty unionization efforts there.[3][4]
Political career
editColombian Communist Party
editInvolved with the PCC since the 1980s, Caycedo was a promoter of the Patriotic Union Party during the peace process of the era, which prompted numerous threats and attacks against him. After the death of Manuel Cepeda Vargas in 1994, he was elected General Secretary of the PCC.[citation needed]
The first plenary session of the Central Committee (CC) of the PCC meeting on November 17, 2008, after the conclusion of the sessions of the 20th National Congress, ratified Caycedo as General Secretary of the Party, thus ratifying the work he had done since assuming the position in 1994.[5]
At the 23rd Congress of the PCC, Caycedo left the position of General Secretary, his successor being Claudia Flórez Sepúlveda, the first woman to assume the position.[1] At that congress, the office of president of the party was created, which he was elected to.[1]
Alternative Democratic Pole
editHe was a part of the national leadership of the Alternative Democratic Pole. In 2007, he was elected a council member of Bogotá, with the second-highest vote in the party and the highest in the city. He held the position until 2011.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "El Partido Comunista debe crecer y avanzar" [The Communist Party must grow and advance]. Colombian Communist Party (in Spanish). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "El anticomunismo en Colombia, primer tema de contribución a la verdad de Jaime Caycedo" [Anticommunism in Colombia, Jaime Caycedo's first contribution to the truth]. comisiondelaverdad.co (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (22 June 1996). "JAIME CAYCEDO TURRIAGO:". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Caycedo Turriago, Jaime (3 July 2006). "Militarización y alternativa popular: Otra mirada sobre las luchas sociales en Colombia" [Militarization and Popular Alternative: Another Look at Social Struggles in Colombia] (PDF). Repositorio institucional de CLACSO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Mai Phươn, Lương (9 August 2017). "Vietnam felicita al secretario general reelecto del Partido Comunista de Colombia" [Vietnam congratulates the re-elected secretary General of the Communist Party of Colombia]. VietnamPlus (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Paramilitares siguen actuando en Bogotá, según la Defensoría del Pueblo" [Paramilitaries continue to operate in Bogotá, according to the Ombudsman's Office]. Caracol Radio (in Spanish). 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.