Manuel Diez García
Manuel Diez García | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1941 – 15 May 1945 | |
| Constituency | 12th Departmental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1898 |
| Died | 3 March 1954 (aged 55) |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse(s) | Yolanda Urzúa Ravanal (1924–1933) Victoria Silva Grez (1935–1954) |
| Children | 8, including Sergio Diez |
| Parent(s) | Juan Diez y Diez Catalina García Alonso |
| Relatives | Guillermo Ramírez Diez (great-grandson) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; University of Chile |
| Occupation | Teacher; Lawyer; Politician |
Manuel Diez García (5 April 1898 – 3 March 1954) was a Chilean teacher, lawyer and conservative politician who served as a Deputy during the XXXIX Legislative Period of the National Congress.[1]
A lifelong militant of the Conservative Party, he was president of the conservative students at the Pedagogical Institute (1920) and served as a councillor (Regidor) of Curicó (1938–1941).[1]
He was elected Deputy for the 12th Departmental Group (Talca, Curepto and Lontué) for the 1941–1945 term, serving on the Permanent Committee on Constitution, Legislation and Justice.[1]
Biography
Diez García was born in Victoria, Malleco Province, to Juan Diez y Diez and Catalina García Alonso, both Spanish immigrants from León.[1]
He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Concepción and later at the Seminary of Santiago.[1]
He pursued higher studies at the University of Chile and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, graduating as a teacher of Spanish and Civic Education in 1921 with a thesis on La Araucana. He later earned his law degree in 1923 with the thesis Algunas consideraciones legales sobre la propiedad austral.[1]
He married twice: first to Yolanda Urzúa Ravanal (1924–1933), with whom he had five children including Sergio Diez Urzúa, and later to Victoria Silva Grez (1935–1954), with whom he had three children.[1]
Diez García worked as a teacher in the liceos of Talca and Curicó (1928–1941), and at the Polytechnic Institute of the Catholic University.[1]
As a lawyer, he practiced in Talca, Curicó and Santiago, serving also as counsel to the Reconstruction Office (1928–1932) and to the Banco Español de Chile (1932–1937).[1]
He engaged in agriculture, managing the “María Yolanda” estate in Malleco.[1]