Mario Mosquera Roa
Mario Mosquera | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1965 – 11 March 1973 | |
| Constituency | 17th Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 April 1929 Huépil, Chile |
| Died | November 2010 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Politician Trade unionist |
Mario Arturo Mosquera Roa (27 April 1929 – November 2010) was a Chilean trade union leader and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was born in Huépil, commune of Tucapel, Biobío Region, on 27 April 1929. Son of Pedro Pascual Mosquera Torre and María Eulogia Roa Rivera. He married Sara Lidia Campos Parra, with whom he had three children, and later Elsa Villablanca Avello, with whom he had a daughter.[1]
He studied at the Industrial School of Angol, where he earned a technical degree.
He began his political activities as president of the Student Center of the Industrial School of Angol in 1947. Later, he joined the board of the Industrial Union of the Pacific Steel Company (CAP) and was elected secretary for the 1960–1961 term, being re-elected to that position for ten years.[1]
In 1957, he joined the Christian Democratic Party, where he held most positions except the presidency.
In the 1963 municipal elections he was elected alderman of Concepción.[1]
In the 1965 parliamentary elections, he was elected deputy for the 17th Departamental Group (Concepción, Tomé, Talcahuano, Coronel and Yumbel), for the term 1965–1969. He was a member of the Permanent Commission of Roads and Public Works.
In the 1969 parliamentary elections, he was re-elected deputy for the same district, serving until 1973. He joined the Permanent Commission of Public Works and Transport, and presided over the Commission of Labor and Social Security.[2]
He was not re-elected in the 1973 elections.
He died in November 2010 after a long illness.[1]