Alfonso David Lebón

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Preceded byJorge Arrate
Constituency5th Departmental Group
Alfonso David Lebón
Minister of Mining of Chile
In office
10 July 1972  28 July 1972
PresidentSalvador Allende
Preceded byJorge Arrate
Succeeded byClaudio Sepúlveda Donoso
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1953  15 May 1961
Constituency5th Departmental Group
Ambassador of Chile to Canada
In office
March 1971  July 1973
Personal details
Born(1921-12-01)1 December 1921
Died23 October 1992(1992-10-23) (aged 70)
Party
SpouseAstrid Manni (m. 1958)
ChildrenTwo
Parent(s)Francisco David Deek
Matilde Lebón Francisco
ProfessionMerchant, farmer, politician

Alfonso David Lebón (1 December 1921 – 23 October 1992) was a Chilean merchant, farmer and politician.

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile from 1953 to 1961, as Minister of Mining in July 1972 under President Salvador Allende, and as Chile’s ambassador to Canada from 1971 to 1973.[1]

He was born in Antofagasta, the son of Francisco David Deek and Matilde Lebón Francisco. He studied at the Colegio de los Hermanos Maristas in Los Andes. He later worked as a merchant and farmer at the “Los Tamarindos” estate.[1]

On 5 July 1958, he married Astrid Olga Manni Bittner, with whom he had a son.[1]

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