title: Gilberto Vieira
text: # Gilberto Vieira
  
  Gilberto Vieira White (5 April 1911, Medellín - 25 February 2000) was a Colombian politician. He was a founder of the Colombian Communist Party, and served as the General Secretary of the party between 1947 and 1991. He was also a parliamentarian for a period.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Gilberto Vieira was born on 5 April 1911 in Medellín, Antioquia, the only son of Joaquín Vieira Gaviria and Mercedes White Uribe
  
  