Joaquín Morales Abarzúa
Joaquín Morales Abarzúa | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1957 – 15 May 1965 | |
| Constituency | 14th Departmental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 November 1919 |
| Died | 20 September 2010 (aged 90) |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Spouse | Nora Haidée Godoy Ramírez |
| Parent(s) | Joaquín Morales Juana Abarzúa |
| Relatives | Carlos Morales Abarzúa (brother) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician, public administrator |
Joaquín Morales Abarzúa (30 November 1919 – 20 September 2010) was a Chilean lawyer, educator, and politician affiliated with the Radical Party. He served as Deputy of the Republic for the 14th Departmental Grouping – Linares, Loncomilla, and Parral – during the legislative periods 1957–1961 and 1961–1965.
Biography
Born in Parral on 30 November 1919, he was the son of Joaquín Morales and Juana Abarzúa and the brother of Carlos Morales Abarzúa. He married Nora Haidée Godoy Ramírez.[1]
He completed his secondary studies at the Liceo de Parral and the Liceo de Linares, and studied English at the Chilean-British Institute. Later, he enrolled in the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, where he graduated and was admitted to the bar on 21 September 1959 with the thesis “La Dirección de Pensiones del Ministerio de Hacienda.”
Early in his career, Morales held several administrative and teaching roles: he was secretary to Deputy Efraín Urrutia Campos (1933–1935), secretary of the Alcohol Commission of the Municipality of Parral (1936–1939), an official at the General Directorate of Social Aid (1945), and teacher at the Liceo de Hombres No. 4 of Santiago (1946). He also managed and later directed the Cooperativa “El País Ltda.” and the National Cooperative of Consumption for Teachers and Administrators. He served at the Ministry of Finance’s Pension Office and was private secretary to Ministers Benjamín Claro (Education) and Eliecer Mejías (Interior).[2]
Political career
A member of the Radical Party, Morales was General Secretary of the Radical Youth and represented the party at the 1945 Congress of Youths for Victory held in Montevideo. He later served as a member of various political commissions and, in 1964, as General Secretary of the National Executive Committee (CEN).
In 1959, he traveled to Cuba at the invitation of Fidel Castro’s government and also visited Peru, Panama, and the United States.
He was elected Deputy for the 14th Departmental Grouping “Linares, Loncomilla, and Parral” in 1957 and reelected in 1961. During his tenure, he served on the Permanent Commissions on Public Works, Government Interior, Constitution and Justice, Social Assistance and Hygiene, and Economy and Commerce. He also participated in several Special Commissions, including those investigating IANSA (the National Sugar Industry), the General Directorate of Electrical Services, and the administration of public employee pension funds.[3]
In 1963, Morales co-sponsored the bill granting tax exemptions for the importation of equipment for the University of Chile’s Astrophysical Observatory, enacted as Law No. 15.172 on 7 March 1963.
During the presidency of Salvador Allende, he served as Superintendent of Public Corporations. Later, he participated in the reorganization of the Radical Party during Chile’s return to democracy in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Other activities
He was a member of the Club de Fútbol Universidad de Chile, honorary vice president of the Parral Fire Department, and honorary vice president of both the Union of Retirees of San Javier and the Club Tricolor of San Javier.
He died in Santiago on 20 September 2010.
References
- ^ "Parliamentary Biography: Joaquín Morales Abarzúa". Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Joaquín Morales Abarzúa". Anales.cl. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Partido Radical de Chile – Historical Records". Memoria Chilena. Retrieved 10 May 2024.