Víctor Barberis Yori

Víctor Barberis Yori
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973
Succeeded by1973 Chilean coup d'état
Constituency7th Departamental Group
President of the University of Chile Student Federation
In office
1954–1955
Preceded byGermán Urzúa
Succeeded byRoberto Bohbendrich
Personal details
Born(1930-07-10)10 July 1930
Curicó, Chile
Died2018(2018-00-00) (aged 87–88)
PartySocialist Party
Alma mater
OccupationPediatrician, politician

Víctor Héctor Barberis Yori (10 July 1930 – 2018) was a Chilean pediatrician and politician, member of the Socialist Party of Chile. He served as a deputy during the last months of the Chilean National Congress before its dissolution in 1973.[1]

Biography

Víctor Barberis was born in Curicó, on 10 July 1930, the son of José Víctor Barberis (1899–1963) and Herminia Sabina Yori Garrone (1902–1997).[1] He studied at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera in Santiago,[1] and earned a medical degree specialising in pediatric curative medicine for insurance employees from the University of Chile.[2]

His thesis was titled Fracture of the pelvis in children. As a medical student, he served as assistant in Anatomy, Health Education, and Pediatrics,[1] and in 1952 he received a poetry award at the «Student Festival».[3]

He practiced at Hospital Arriarán and in the medical service of the Ferrobádminton football club.[1] He was active in university politics as head of the Radical University Group and was a delegate to the University Council and to the World Youth Rights Congress in Vienna.[1]

From 1954 to 1955, he served as president of the Student Federation of the University of Chile (FECh),[1] led Chile’s delegation to the Latin American Student Congress in Montevideo,[1] and presided over the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research.[4]

Legislative term 1973

In 1973, Barberis was elected Deputy for the Socialist Party in the complementary election, representing Santiago’s First District.[1] He served on the Permanent Health Commission.[5] His term ended following the military coup of 11 September 1973 and the subsequent decree that dissolved Congress on 21 September.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Reseña biográfica parlamentaria: Víctor Barberis Yori". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Listado oficial de médicos cirujanos residentes — Page 14" (PDF). Ministerio de Salud de Chile. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  3. ^ Luis Valencia Avaria (1986). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo desde 1810. Editorial Andrés Bello.
  4. ^ "La dialéctica del poder popular en Chile" (PDF). Repositorio Universidad de Chile. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Labor parlamentaria de Víctor Barberis Yori, Legislatura año 1973" (PDF). Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 7 September 2025.