Rodolfo Ghioldi

Rodolfo José Ghioldi
Born	Template:Birth date
Died	July 3, 1985(1985-07-03) (aged 94)
Occupation(s)	Journalist, politician, historian
Known for	General secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina (1918–1924)

Rodolfo José Ghioldi (21 January 1891 – 3 July 1985) was a prominent Argentine journalist and political figure who held the position of general secretary for the Communist Party of Argentina between 1918 and 1924.

Originating from a family of Italian socialist immigrants, Ghioldi initially pursued a career in education but was dismissed in 1916 due to his involvement in activist movements. He played a key role in establishing the Communist Party of Argentina, originally known as the International Socialist Party, which emerged as a faction breaking away from the Socialist Party following the October Revolution in Russia. On 21 August 1917, he secured election as vice-president of the Federation of Socialist Youth (currently recognized as the Communist Youth Federation). After the party joined the Communist International, Ghioldi assumed leadership as its general secretary.

In his capacity representing the South American Secretariat of the Communist International, he took part in the 1935 communist revolt against Getúlio Vargas’s government, an effort that led to his incarceration after its defeat.

Following an extended period of exile, Ghioldi made his return to Argentina in 1940 with the goal of forming an anti-fascist democratic coalition, which resulted in his subsequent arrest. Upon regaining freedom, he resumed his political engagement and took charge of the party’s publication, La Hora. In 1951, he survived an attempt on his life, and by 1957 he was serving as a delegate for Santa Fe at the Constituent Assembly responsible for revoking the Peronist constitution enacted in 1949.

From the 1970s onward, Ghioldi concentrated on historical research and journalism. He was honored by the Institute of the International Workers' Movement at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1977 and received prestigious Soviet awards including the Order of the "October Revolution" in 1972 and the Order of the "Friendship of Peoples" in 1977.