Exequiel González Madariaga

Exequiel González Madariaga
Member of the Senate
In office
1953–1969
Constituency9th Provincial District
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1941–1953
Constituency25th Departmental District
Personal details
Born(1893-09-09)9 September 1893
DiedDecember 9, 1987(1987-12-09) (aged 94)
Santiago, Chile
Party
SpouseLaura Espinoza
Children3
EducationEduardo de la Barra Lyceum
ProfessionEssayist, writer, politician

Exequiel González Madariaga (9 September 1893 – 9 December 1987) was a Chilean essayist, writer, and politician. He served as Deputy between 1941 and 1953, and as Senator between 1953 and 1969, representing southern Chile.

Life

He was the son of José González and Antonia Madariaga. He married Laura Espinoza, with whom he had three children. He studied at the Liceo Eduardo de la Barra de Valparaíso and later at the Instituto Superior de Comercio.

Public service

In 1910 he began working for the Chilean Postal and Telegraph Service, where he became head of the districts of Copiapó, Antofagasta, and Valparaíso, and later inspector general and director of the service.

Publishing career

In 1915 he founded the magazine Morse to disseminate national communications activities, which also stimulated literary output.

Business career

He was president of the timber producers and exporters S.A. and the Industrial Company Vera S.A., director of Perlina S.A., and co-founder of the firm González, García y Cía.

Political career

He joined the Radical Party, serving as a member of the Santiago Assembly. In 1941, he was elected Deputy for the 25th Departmental District (Ancud, Castro, and Quinchao), and was reelected in 1945 and 1949. In 1953, he was elected Senator for the 9th Provincial District (Valdivia, Osorno, Llanquihue, Chiloé, Aysén, and Magallanes), and was reelected in 1961.

In June 1964, he was expelled from the Radical Party for supporting Salvador Allende’s presidential candidacy, against the official Radical candidate Julio Durán.[1] He was reinstated in December 1966. He later led the faction of Radicalism aligned with Allende and the Frente de Acción Popular, and subsequently founded the National Left Party.

As senator, he was present during the 1966 arbitral award on the Alto Palena border dispute.[2][3]

He was a member of the Corporación de Defensa de la Soberanía, opposing the 1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship (Chile–Argentina).[4]

Published works

  • Nuestras relaciones con Argentina: Una historia deprimente (1970), Editorial Andrés Bello
  • Síntesis histórica de las relaciones chilenas argentinas (1960)

See also

References

  1. ^ https://culturadigital.udp.cl/dev/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/LN_1964_06_07.pdf
  2. ^ Exequiel González Madariaga (21 December 1966). "Laudo arbitral sobre el conflicto de Palena". Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  3. ^ Exequiel González Madariaga (12 April 1967). "Análisis del laudo e informe arbitral de S. M. la Reina Isabel de Inglaterra en el caso de Palena" (PDF). Session 8, Wednesday 12 April 1967. Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  4. ^ "¿Quiénes somos?". Corporación de Defensa de la Soberanía. 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2022.