José Vega Díaz
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José Vega Díaz | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1933 – 15 May 1941 | |
| Constituency | 2nd Departmental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1902 |
| Died | 18 April 1994 (aged 91) |
| Party | Communist Party of Chile |
| Spouse | María Antonia Valencia |
| Parent(s) | Crispín Vega Cruz Díaz |
| Profession | Typographer |
José Vega Díaz (15 August 1902 – 18 April 1994) was a Chilean politician, trade union leader, and deputy of the Republic.[1]
Vega Díaz was born in Sotaquí, Ovalle, Chile, on 15 August 1902. He was the son of Crispín Vega and Cruz Díaz. He completed primary education between the ages of six and twelve.[1]
At the age of twelve, he began working in the nitrate mines as a miner and later in the railway sector as a boilermaker's assistant. At twenty-two, he worked as a typographer in Tocopilla, later becoming a publicist, workshop manager, editor, and director of the newspaper El Socialista of Antofagasta.[1]
He collaborated with the magazine Vanguardia and with left-wing newspapers such as El Comunista of Antofagasta, El Despertar of Tocopilla, and Defensa Obrera of Iquique.[1]