Mamerto Figueroa
Mamerto Figueroa | |
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| Born | Mamerto Domingo Figueroa Parot August 4, 1900 |
| Died | June 2, 1974 (aged 73) |
| Title | Mayor of Santiago |
| Predecessor | Renato Valdés Alfonso |
| Successor | María Teresa del Canto Molina |
| Parent(s) | Guillermo Figueroa Molina (father) María Isabel Parot Silva (mother) |
Mamerto Domingo Figueroa Parot (August 4, 1900 - June 2, 1974)[1][2] was a Chilean independent politician, equestrian,[3][4] and member of the National Independent Movement,[5] and later the Ibañist National Alliance of Workers,[6][7] while working as Mayor of Santiago in 1953. Additionally, he created the Confederation of Popular Collectives (CONCOPO).[5]
Biography
[edit]He was born to parents Guillermo Figueroa Molina (1867-unknown) and María Isabel Parot Silva (1865-1946), of Spanish-French descent.[1] His paternal grandfather Mamerto Figueroa Valdivia (1838-1904 was a lawyer and Minister of the Valparaíso Court of Appeals.[4] His brother, Guillermo Figueroa Parot (1893-1967) was a banker and General Manager of the Emergency Housing Foundation.[3] He was the uncle of Gonzalo Piwonka Figueroa(1931-2011), a Chilean historian.
Political career
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In his youth, he was a leader of the Liberal Youth.[3] One of his first political activities was in 1931, when he took part in the fifth assembly of the Liberal Party.[8] During 1952, he was head of the propaganda department in the campaign of presidential candidate Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, who won the elections of that year;[9] He was chosen for the position by Arturo Olavarría, who served as Chile's Minister of the Interior under the presidency of Pedro Aguirre Cerda.[7] He served as Intendant and Mayor of Santiago in 1953, holding those positions from February 20 to June 19, 1953, under the government of then-President Carlos Ibáñez. He resigned from that position after a violent outburst against then deputy Ernesto Araneda Rocha.[10]
Later that year, he was a pre-candidate for the parliamentary election of the 4th provincial grouping of Santiago, but lost this election to Luis Quintero, of the Socialist Party. In June 1954, he directed the Radio “Aurora de Chile”, successor to Radio “El Mercurio”. In 1957, he was a pre-candidate for the Popular Action Front, but the candidacy was finally ceded to Salvador Allende, who would become president of Chile 13 years later. He died in Recoleta, Santiago, on June 2, 1974, at the age of 73.
Electoral history
[edit]1953 parliamentary elections
[edit]- Parliamentary election of the 4th Provincial Group of Santiago, 1953[5]Etchepare Jensen, Jaime (1991). Ibáñez y su Revolución de 1952. Dirección de Investigación de la Universidad de Concepción. pp. 73–74, 79. Retrieved 2022-03-17.</ref>[11]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Quinteros Tricot | Socialist | 102,760 | 48.70 | Elected |
| Mamerto Figueroa Parot | Ind. | 64,613 | 30.62 | |
| Pedro Foncea Aedo | Agrarian-Labor | 25,929 | 12.28 | |
| María de la Cruz Toledo | Women's | 14,834 | 7.03 | |
| Jorge Berguño Meneses | Ind. | 2,854 | 1.35 | |
| Total | 153,941 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Registro Civil de Chile (1900). "Mamerto Domingo Figueroa Parot". FamilySearch. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ Figueroa Parot, Mamerto Domingo (1974). "327". Certificado de Defunción. Recoleta: Registro Civil de Chile.
- ^ a b c Diccionario Biográfico de Chile (9a ed.). 1953. p. 436. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ a b de Ramón, Armando (1999). Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile (ed.). Biografías de chilenos, 1876-1973: Letras D-K. p. 100. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ a b c Etchepare Jensen, Jaime (1991). Ibáñez y su Revolución de 1952. Dirección de Investigación de la Universidad de Concepción. pp. 73–74, 79. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ Rojas, Arrate (2010-06-14). "La candidatura de Allende en 1958: la izquierda actor político popular". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ a b Olavarría Bravo, Arturo (1962). Chile entre dos Alessandri: Memorias Políticas, Tomo II (PDF). Santiago: Editorial Nascimiento. pp. 125, 374. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, ed. (1932). Partido Liberal: Quinta convención, Celebrada en Santiago (PDF). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta "El Imparcial". p. 14.
- ^ "La Organización Electoral Ibañista" (PDF). Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. 1952. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ Cámara de Diputados de Chile (1955-01-26). "Legislatura ordinaria, sesión 61" (PDF). p. 51. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ Ercilla. 1953-08-18. p. 4.