Luis Godoy Gómez
Luis Godoy Gómez | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Constituency | 10th Provincial Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 March 1928 |
| Died | 5 March 2016 (aged 87) |
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| Spouse | María Magdalena González |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Teacher, philosopher, sociologist |
Luis Godoy Gómez (25 March 1928 – 5 March 2016) was a Chilean teacher, philosopher, sociologist and politician.[1] He served as senator for Chiloé, Aysén and Magallanes in 1973.[1]
Biography
He was born in Punta Arenas on 25 March 1928, the son of Juan Bautista Godoy Muñoz and María Pedroza Gómez Vera. He married María Magdalena González Morales.[1]
He studied at the Escuela Superior de Hombres N°1 and at the Liceo de Hombres of Punta Arenas, later attending the Federico Hansen Lyceum in Santiago. He worked as a proofreader for the newspaper El Siglo, before entering the Escuela Normal José Abelardo Núñez, from which he graduated as a normalist teacher. He subsequently studied philosophy, pedagogy and sociology at the University of Chile.[1]
He joined the Communist Party of Chile in 1942. He was director of the Escuela N°33 of Arauco in 1955, and between 1955 and 1961 served as propaganda officer of the Communist regional committee in Magallanes. He became regidor of Punta Arenas (1961–1971) and was president of the Unión de Profesores de Chile (1959–1960). He also served as acting mayor of Punta Arenas.[2]
In 1969 he was elected to the Communist Party Central Committee. In 1973 he was director of Escuela Superior de Hombres N°15 of Punta Arenas, and that year was elected senator for Chiloé, Aysén and Magallanes, integrating the permanent commissions of Public Education and Finance.[1]
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état ended his mandate prematurely through Decree Law 27 of 21 September 1973, which dissolved the National Congress. He was detained by the military regime and imprisoned in the Estadio Chile (today Estadio Víctor Jara), where he was tortured. In 1974 he went into exile in Venezuela, later moving to France, where he collaborated in publishing communist journals with other Chilean exiles.[1]
Later he left the Communist Party and joined the Partido Democrático de Izquierda (PDI), later becoming a member of the Party for Democracy.[3]
He returned to Chile in 1990, settling in Punta Arenas. In 1992 he was elected councillor of the commune, a position he held until 1996.[1]
Death
Luis Godoy Gómez died in Punta Arenas on 5 March 2016, aged 87.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h A los 87 años muere Luis Godoy Gómez La Prensa Austral
- ^ "Parra Alarcón – Programa de Derechos Humanos". Gobierno de Chile. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ 20 años del primer Concejo Municipal se cumplen hoy El Pingüino (26 September 2012)