José Carlos Rates (19 February 1879 – 21 January 1961)^[1][2] was the first General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party, after the Party's foundation in 1921. Rates was chosen, in 1923, to lead the Party by the delegate of the Communist International in Portugal, 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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José Carlos Rates
Secretary General of the Portuguese Communist Party
In office November 1923 – October 1925
Personal details
Born	19 February 1879
Died	21 January 1961 (aged 81)
Political party	Portuguese Communist Party (until c. 1931) National Union (from 1931)
Occupation	Union leader, politician, journalist

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