Orel Viciani
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Socialist Party (PS)
Orel Viciani | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Succeeded by | 1973 coup d'etat |
| Constituency | 1st Provincial Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1943 |
| Political party | Communist Party (PC) Socialist Party (PS) |
| Spouse | Cecilia Ostornol[1] |
| Children | One[1] |
| Education | Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera |
| Occupation | Politician |
Orel Viciani Escker (born 11 September 1943) is a Chilean politician.[2]
After the 1973 coup d'etat, Viciani went into exile in Cuba. There, he became one of the Chilean communist leaders who oversaw the preparation of the guerrilla group known as the Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez (FPMR), which sought to lead an armed insurgency against the Chilean military regime.
To this end, hundreds of young Chilean exiles in Cuba and other socialist bloc countries were recruited. He also wrote various articles in Marxist-oriented opposition publications.
He was born in the city of Iquique, the son of José Segundo Viciani Araya and Clotilde Escker. In 1970, he married Cecilia Ostornol, with whom he had one son, Pablo.
He completed his secondary education at the Iquique High School and the José Victorino Lastarria High School in Santiago. He studied pedagogy in Biology at the University of Chile, serving as president of the student association for that program between 1969 and 1970. During that period, he joined the Communist Party of Chile.