Pascual Barraza
Pascual Barraza | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Works and Transport | |
| In office 3 November 1970 – 2 November 1972 | |
| President | Salvador Allende |
| Preceded by | Eugenio Celedón |
| Succeeded by | Ismael Huerta |
| Mayor of La Granja | |
| In office 1961–1970 | |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Cabezas |
| Councillor of La Granja | |
| In office 1960–1961 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1910 |
| Died | 6 January 1989 (aged 78) |
| Party | Communist Party of Chile |
| Spouse | Carmen Ramírez |
| Children | 4 |
Pascual Barraza Barraza (17 May 1910 – 6 January 1989) was a Chilean trade-union leader and politician from the Communist Party of Chile. He served as Minister of Public Works and Transport from 1970 to 1972 in the government of President Salvador Allende.[1][2]
Biography
A lifelong communist militant (since 1925), Barraza was a CTCh union leader (1937) and later served on the Communist Party’s Central Committee. Under the “Defense of Democracy Law” he was banned from office and interned between 1948 and 1950, including in the Pisagua camp. He later managed the El Siglo newspaper and other publishing houses.[1]
He was elected councillor (1960) and then mayor (1961–1970) of La Granja, and briefly acted as Minister of Housing and Urbanism (10–17 September 1971) in an interim capacity while serving as Public Works minister.[3]
After the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, he lived semi-underground, was periodically detained, and remained active in opposition spaces and labor defense bodies.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b ""September 1970 to February 1971: The Popular Government Begins"" (PDF). CEP Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Anales de la República. Santiago: Editorial Andrés Bello.
- ^ Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Anales de la República. Editorial Andrés Bello.
- ^ "Detentions during homage to Allende". El País (in Spanish). 12 September 1986. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Carta de los Periodistas" (PDF). FASIC (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2018.