Alfredo Escobar Zamora
Alfredo Escobar Zamora | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1941 – 15 May 1949 | |
| Constituency | 6th Departmental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1911 |
| Died | 5 January 1986 (aged 74) |
| Party | Communist Party |
| Spouse | Matilde Zamora Cabrera |
| Profession | Miner, Trade unionist, Politician |
Alfredo Escobar Zamora (22 October 1911 – 5 January 1986) was a Chilean miner, trade union leader and communist politician who served as a Deputy of the Republic between 1941 and 1949.[1]
Biography
[edit]Escobar Zamora was born in Nogales, Chile, on 22 October 1911, the son of Juan de Dios Escobar Aguilar and María Urbana Zamora Zamora.[1]
He completed primary education up to the fifth grade at the public school of La Calera and continued his education independently. He began working as a miner in 1925 at the El Soldado Mine and, from 1929 onward, worked at the El Melón Cement Factory, where he was also employed as a miner in the Calera and Melón mines.[1]
He married Matilde Zamora Cabrera in Quillota, with whom he had four children.[1]
Trade union and political career
[edit]Escobar Zamora became active in the trade union movement in El Melón in 1936 and was elected director of the Construction Workers’ Union. He served as a member of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board of Quillota and as councillor of the Casa Nacional del Niño in 1941.[1]
He joined the Communist Party, becoming a member of its Political Commission and a leader of the party’s local committee in Nogales. At the municipal level, he served as councillor of the Municipality of Nogales between 1938 and 1941.[1]
He collaborated with Pablo Neruda in assisting the arrival of Spanish refugees aboard the ship Winnipeg.[1]
Escobar Zamora was elected Deputy for the 6th Departmental Group —Valparaíso, Casablanca, Quillota and Limache— for the 1941–1945 term, and was re-elected for the 1945–1949 term. During his parliamentary service, he served on the Standing Committees on Roads and Public Works, Labour and Social Legislation, and Industries.[1]
As a prominent member of the Communist Party, Escobar Zamora was persecuted during the government of Gabriel González Videla following the enactment of the Law for the Permanent Defense of Democracy.[1]