Ramón Pérez Opazo
Chilean politician (1933–2005)
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Ramón Segundo Pérez Opazo (3 December 1933–21 June 2005) was a Chilean politician who served as deputy from 1990 to 2005.[1]
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Ramón Pérez | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2002 – 21 June 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Antonella Sciaraffia |
| Succeeded by | Néstor Jofré |
| Constituency | 2nd District |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Antonella Sciaraffia |
| Constituency | 2nd District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1933 |
| Died | 12 June 2005 (aged 71) |
| Party | National Renewal (RN) |
| Spouse | Gladys Díaz |
| Children | Six |
| University of Chile | |
| Occupation | Politician |
Biography
He was born in Iquique, Chile, on 3 December 1933.[2] He married Gladys Díaz Jofré and had six children.[2] He completed his primary education at Escuela No. 4 in Iquique and his secondary studies at the Instituto Comercial of the same city.[2]
Opazo later entered the Institute of Political and Administrative Sciences of the University of Chile, where he obtained the qualification of fingerprint expert (Perito Dactiloscópico) and civil officer.[2]
In 1954 he joined the Civil Registry and Identification Service. The following year he was appointed fingerprint expert of the Court of Appeals of Iquique.[2]
Political career
In 1956 he began his political and trade union career as president of the National Association of Civil Registry and Identification Employees. In 1968 he was elected vice-president of the First Convention of Civil Registry Personnel (ARCICH) and was a founding member of the Association of Small Industrialists and Artisans of Iquique (AGPIA), serving as its president until 1970.[2]
He was one of the promoters of Law No. 17,314, which created the Investment Programming Committee of Iquique and Pisagua. Between 1970 and 1974 he served as a national leader of the National United Trade Confederation of Medium, Small and Micro-Industry, Services and Artisans of Chile (CONUPIA), contributing to the creation of a savings and credit cooperative. He later joined the organizing commission of the Iquique Free Trade Zone (ZOFRI) and in 1985 promoted the First International Fair of Iquique.[2]
In the 1989 parliamentary elections he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for District No. 2 (Tarapacá Region) as an independent candidate within the “Democracia y Progreso” pact, serving from 1990 to 1994. He was re-elected in 1993 but lost his seat in 1997.[2]
He joined National Renewal on 27 October 1991. In the December 2001 elections he was again elected deputy for District No. 2 as an independent candidate aligned with the Independent Democratic Union within the Alliance for Chile pact, serving for the 2002–2006 term.[2]
He died in Viña del Mar on 12 June 2005 and was buried in Iquique.[2]