Andrés Sepúlveda Carmona

In 1949 he began working as a construction laborer, a position he held until 1959, while also serving as a union leader in the Confederación de Trabajadores de Chile (CTCH).

In 1959 he joined the Municipality of Viña del Mar, where he became president of the municipal workers’ union, provincial and national leader of that sector, and provincial president of the Central Única de Trabajadores de Chile (CUT).

He later joined the Socialist Party of Chile, serving as regional political secretary. In 1971 he was elected councilman (regidor) of the Municipality of Valparaíso.

In the 1973 elections he was elected Deputy for the 6th Departmental Group (Valparaíso, Quillota, Isla de Pascua) for the 1973–1977 legislative period. He joined the Permanent Committee on Internal Government. However, following the coup of 11 September 1973, he was detained for ten to eleven days on the Esmeralda, where he was tortured, and later transferred to the Dawson Island detention center.^[1]

He also represented the CUT, the Municipality of Valparaíso, and municipal workers at international congresses in the Americas and Europe.

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