Luis Aguilera Báez

Luis Ernesto Aguilera Báez (20 January 1919 – 14 December 1979) was a Chilean typographer, railway worker and socialist politician.

He was the son of Rafael Luis Aguilera Díaz and Rosa Herminia Báez. He married Fresia Olivia Alfred Alfaro.

He studied at the Liceo of Illapel, and after finishing secondary school he worked as a typographer (1935–1937). He later became a railway worker at the State Railways (EFE), where he served for 30 years, rising to head of the Railway Maintenance Section in the Coquimbo Province.

After retiring on 21 May 1961, he devoted himself fully to political life as a member of the Socialist Party of Chile. He was also a member of the sports club Coquimbo Unido.

He was elected councilman (regidor) of Coquimbo in 1956 and mayor of the same commune in 1958, a position he held until 1961. During his tenure, he received recognition from the municipalities of La Serena and Vicuña.

In 1961, he was elected Deputy for the 4th Departmental Group (La Serena, Elqui, Coquimbo, Illapel and Ovalle), and was subsequently re-elected in 1965 and 1969. Over twelve years in the Chamber, he sat on the Permanent Committees on Mining and Industry; Economy and Trade; Labor and Social Welfare; Internal Government; Public Education; and Mining, Economy and Development.

In 1973, he was elected Senator for the 2nd Provincial Agrupation (Atacama and Coquimbo), where he joined the Committee on Labor and Social Welfare. His senatorial mandate was interrupted by the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, which dissolved the National Congress through Decree-Law No. 27 of 21 September 1973.

After the coup, settled in the north of Chile, he withdrew from political life.

He died in Santiago on 14 December 1979.

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