Juan Luis Carmona

Juan Luis Carmona
Member of the Senate
In office
1926 – 6 June 1932
Constituency1st Provincial Grouping
Personal details
Born
PartyCommunist Party of Chile

Juan Luis Carmona was a Chilean salpeter worker and politician. He served as senator representing the First Provincial Grouping of Tarapacá and Antofagasta during the 1926–1934 legislative period.[1]

Biography

Carmona worked as a salpeter laborer and was a member of the Communist Party of Chile.[1]

He represented his party in the 1926 parliamentary elections, obtaining a seat in the Senate for the First Provincial Grouping of Tarapacá and Antofagasta for the 1926–1934 legislative period.[1]

On 12 May 1926, the Senate accepted the resignation of Arturo Alessandri Palma. On 17 August, the Electoral Court proclaimed Carmona elected as his replacement in a provisional capacity, and definitively on 4 November of the same year.[1]

He was a member of the Permanent Commission on Agriculture, Mining, Industrial Development and Colonization.[2][1]

At the beginning of 1927, during the exile of communist militants, he supported this purge measure initiated by Minister Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, together with communist deputy Pedro Reyes.[1]

Political career

Carmona served as senator for the First Provincial Grouping of Tarapacá and Antofagasta during the 1926–1934 legislative period. His tenure was interrupted following the 1932 Chilean coup d'état, which led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Juan Luis Carmona – Parliamentary Biography". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  2. ^ Valencia Avaria, Luis (1951). Anales de la República, Tomo II. p. 491.

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.