Lindor Pérez
Lindor Pérez | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 21 May 1933 – 21 May 1937 | |
| Constituency | 7th Departmental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1890 |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Marina Donoso Molina |
| Profession | Lawyer, Industrialist |
Lindor Pérez Gazitúa (1 July 1890–?) was a Chilean lawyer, industrialist and politician. A long-time member of the Conservative Party, he served as a deputy representing the 7th Departmental Grouping (Santiago, First District) during the 1933–1937 legislative period.[1]
Biography
Pérez Gazitúa was born in Valparaíso to Lindor Pérez Gazitúa and Cleta Gazitúa Argüelles. He married Marina Donoso Molina, with whom he had eleven children.[1]
He studied at the Seminario Conciliar of Valparaíso and later pursued legal studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 7 May 1912, with a thesis titled Cuestiones salitreras.[1]
He practiced law independently in Santiago. He was also active in industrial and commercial ventures, serving as founder and president of the Compañía Textil Sedatex, president and director of Importadora Fisk S.A., and as a board member of the Sociedad Periodística de Chile. In 1934, he published several chronicles in El Diario Ilustrado.[1]
He served as professor of Greek and Roman History at the Instituto de Humanidades and as professor of Administrative Law at the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Santiago.[1]
Political career
Pérez Gazitúa joined the Conservative Party in 1907. Within the party, he served as president of the Center for Propaganda, president of the Seventh Commune, president of the Santiago Departmental Board, member of the executive board until 1936, and director general of the party.[1]
He was elected Deputy for the 7th Departmental Grouping (Santiago, First District) for the 1933–1937 legislative period. During his term, he served as a replacement member of the Standing Committee on Interior Government and as a member—and president—of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Legislation. He was also a member of the Conservative Parliamentary Committee.[1]
Outside parliament, he owned the estate El Manzano in Putaendo, encompassing approximately 13,000 hectares. In 1934, he traveled to Rome and France.[1]
He was a member of the Domingo Fernández Concha Club, served as a board member of the Neighborhood Council of Santiago in 1932, and represented lawyers on the committee that proclaimed the so-called “huelga de brazos caídos” against General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.[1]
He also served on the Council of the Colegio de Abogados, of which he was president for one term, and was a member of the Liga Marítima de Chile, the Asociación General de Jefes de Familias, Catholic Action, the Conferences of Saint Vincent de Paul, the Night Schools patronates, the Film Censorship Commission, and the Club de La Unión.[1]