Salvador Monroy

Salvador Monroy Pinto
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1961–1965
Constituency21st Departamental Group
Personal details
Born(1904-12-05)5 December 1904
Died13 September 1980(1980-09-13) (aged 75)
PartySocialist Party of Chile
SpouseAlicia Santos Castro
Children1
Parent(s)Hipólito Monroy
Delfina Pinto
ProfessionWorker

Salvador Monroy Pinto (5 December 1904 – 13 September 1980) was a Chilean worker and politician, member of the Socialist Party of Chile.

Biography

Monroy Pinto was born in Temuco, son of Hipólito Monroy and Delfina Pinto. He married Alicia Santos Castro in 1938, and they had one child.

A lifelong member of the Socialist Party, he began his political career at the local level, serving as municipal councilor (regidor) for the commune of Freire between 1953 and 1961.[1]

In the 1961 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for the Departmental Grouping of Imperial, Temuco, Pitrufquén, and Villarrica for the legislative period 1961–1965. During his term, he was a member of the Permanent Commission on Government and Interior Affairs, focusing on regional administration and local development.[2]

He lived his later years in his hometown of Temuco, where he died on 13 September 1980, at the age of 75.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Biography: Salvador Monroy Pinto". Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ Urzúa Valenzuela, Germán (1992). Historia Política de Chile y su Evolución Electoral 1810–1992. Santiago: Editorial Jurídica de Chile.
  3. ^ "Falleció Salvador Monroy, ex diputado socialista de la zona sur". El Diario Austral de Temuco. 14 September 1980. p. 5.

Bibliography

  • Diccionario Histórico y Biográfico de Chile, Fernando Castillo Infante (ed.), Editorial Zig-Zag, Santiago, 1996.
  • Historia Política de Chile y su Evolución Electoral 1810–1992, Germán Urzúa Valenzuela, Editorial Jurídica de Chile, Santiago, 1992.
  • Memoria Parlamentaria 1961–1965, Cámara de Diputados de Chile, Santiago, 1966.