Óscar Viel Cavero
Oscar Viel Cavero | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 15 May 1926 – 6 June 1932 | |
| Succeeded by | Arturo Alessandri |
| Constituency | 1st Provincial Grouping |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1915 – 15 May 1918 | |
| Constituency | Parral and Loncomilla |
| In office 15 May 1906 – 15 May 1915 | |
| Constituency | Tarapacá and Pisagua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1876 |
| Died | 2 March 1932 (aged 55–56) |
| Party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Isabel Balmaceda |
Oscar Viel Cavero (1876 – 2 March 1932) was a Chilean lawyer, industrialist and politician. He served as senator representing the First Provincial Grouping of Tarapacá and Antofagasta during the 1926–1934 legislative period.[1]
Biography
Viel was born in Valparaíso, Chile, in 1876, the son of Óscar Viel Toro and Manuela Cavero Núñez. He married Isabel Balmaceda Pérez.[1]
He studied at the Liceo of Valparaíso and at the University of Chile, Faculty of Law, qualifying as a lawyer on 23 July 1897. His thesis was titled Observaciones sobre las leyes de libertad de imprenta.[1]
He developed a career in industrial and mining enterprises, serving as director of several companies. In 1901 he published La guerra marítima ante el derecho internacional and was appointed secretary of the Chilean legation in Colombia and Venezuela (1901–1903), later serving in Buenos Aires until 1906. While in Argentina, he studied census systems, later applying this experience in Chile in 1907.[1]
In public administration, he served as Minister of Justice and Public Instruction (1906–1907) under President Pedro Montt, Minister of Industry, Public Works and Railways (1912–1913) under President Ramón Barros Luco, and Minister of War and Navy (1917–1918) under President Juan Luis Sanfuentes.[1]
He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.[1]
He was elected deputy for Tarapacá and Pisagua (1906–1915) and later for Parral and Loncomilla (1915–1918), serving as president of the Chamber of Deputies' Foreign Relations Commission in 1915.[1]
In 1927, he was president of the Compañía Disputada de Las Condes.[1]
Political career
Viel was elected senator for the First Provincial Grouping of Tarapacá and Antofagasta for the 1926–1934 legislative period, entering the Senate on 26 April 1926. He was a member of the Permanent Commission on Foreign Relations.[2][1]
He remained in office until his death in Paris on 2 March 1932, after which Arturo Alessandri Palma was proclaimed senator in his place on 10 May 1932.[1]
The 1932 Chilean coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Luis Valencia Avaria (1951). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo desde 1810. Tomo II. Imprenta Universitaria, Santiago.