Pedro Oyarzún Callejas
Pedro Oyarzún Callejas | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1945 – 15 May 1953 | |
| Constituency | 2nd Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1895 |
| Died | 15 August 1973 (aged 78) |
| Party | Partido Radical |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Politician; Merchant; Miner; Journalist |
Pedro Oyarzún Callejas (29 June 1895 – 15 August 1973) was a Chilean merchant, miner, journalist and Radical Party politician.
He served as Deputy for the 2nd Departamental Group (Antofagasta, Tocopilla, El Loa and Taltal) during the 1945–1949 and 1949–1953 legislative periods.[1]
Biography
Oyarzún Callejas was born in Freirina on 29 June 1895, the son of Juan Oyarzún and Margarita Callejas. He married Laura Luisa Pérez Robles in Tocopilla on 26 January 1924, with whom he had one daughter; and later married Ana Ilabaca López, also in Tocopilla, on 12 April 1930, with whom he had three children.[1]
He studied at the Instituto Comercial de Vallenar and worked as a merchant and miner. For twenty years he served as secretary of the Departamento de Tocopilla Governor’s Office, as well as secretary of the Sociedad de Beneficencia and of the Departmental Roads Office. He was also responsible for the Alcohol Defense Office of Tocopilla and worked as the city’s public auctioneer.[1]
In mining, he operated the El Morado mine in Freirina and later the Piojenta gold mine, also in Freirina. He worked in journalism, beginning as a labourer before becoming editor, director and correspondent for newspapers in Santiago.[1]
A Radical Party member, he organized in 1907 the party’s Propaganda Center in northern Chile and held all leadership positions locally, serving as vice-president and president of the party in Vallenar, Freirina and Tocopilla. He also organized his party’s First National Trade Union Congress.[1]
He served as Governor of Arica and Curepto, and was part of the Plebiscitary Commission for the drafting of the 1925 Constitution.[1]
He was elected Deputy for the 2nd Departamental Group for the 1945–1949 term, serving as substitute member of the Permanent Committees on Internal Government, Public Works and Roads, Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene, and Labour and Social Legislation, and as member of the Permanent Committee on National Defense.[1]
He was re-elected for the 1949–1953 legislative period, again serving on the Committee on National Defense and as substitute in the Committees on Constitution, Legislation and Justice; Finance; and Labour and Social Legislation.[1]
During the 1940s he was councillor of the Municipal Employees’ Pension Fund. He was a member of the Radical Clubs of Atacama and Coquimbo, the Red Cross, and the Tiro al Blanco Club, where he served as secretary and president.[1]
He died in Santiago on 15 August 1973 at the age of 78.[1]