| Jesus Lava | |
| Office: | General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Philippines |
| Term Start: | February 1951 |
| Term End: | May 21, 1964 |
| Predecessor: | Jose Lava |
| Successor: | Provisional Politburo |
| Office2: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Bulacan's First District |
| 2Namedata2: | The office was not taken[1] |
| Birth Name: | Jesus Baltazar Lava |
| Birth Date: | May 15, 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Bulacan, Philippine Islands |
| Death Cause: | Prostate cancer |
| Resting Place: | Loyola Memorial Chapels, Philippines |
| Alma Mater: | University of the Philippines |
Jesus Baltazar Lava (May 15, 1914 – January 21, 2003) was the Secretary General of the first Communist Party of the Philippines (PKP) from 1950.
Jesus Lava became the Secretary General of the pro-Soviet PKP after the arrest of his brother José Lava.[2] 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".
Jesus Lava was the youngest of nine children of Adeodato Lava and Maria Baltazar.[3] The Lavas were a prominent family in Bulacan in the Philippines.[4]