Arturo Pérez Palavecino

Arturo Pérez Palavecino (21 March 1936 – 15 August 2009) was a Chilean lawyer and politician affiliated with the Socialist Party of Chile.

He served as a Deputy for the 19th Departmental Group (Laja, Nacimiento, Mulchén) in 1973 until the coup d'état dissolved Congress.

He was the son of Juan Pérez and Rosa Elvira Palavecino. He studied at Liceo México in Chillán and subsequently obtained a law degree from the University of Chile. Early in his career, he worked at the law firm of Erich Schnake and Hernán Vodanovic, defending labor rights.

In 1970, he was elected regidor (councilman) of Los Ángeles. That same year, he became an agent of CORFO, focusing on rural and productive development in Bío-Bío. In 1973, he was elected Deputy, but his term was cut short by the coup.

During the dictatorship, he was detained and tortured, and later expelled to Mexico in 1975. He taught at the University of Tapachula before returning to Chile in 1984.

He served as Seremi of National Assets in the Bío-Bío Region under President Patricio Aylwin, facilitating the recovery of the provincial CUT headquarters and the establishment of a pensioners’ union center. He later was a councilman in Los Ángeles (2000–2004).

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