Ramón Sepúlveda Leal

He was born on 27 August 1886 in Talca, Chile to Luis Sepúlveda and María Jesús Leal Ríos.^[1] He married Albina Acuña Venegas in 1907 and later married Ana Araya Olavarría in 1968, having children in both marriages.^[1]

His formal education extended to three years of schooling in Valparaíso, after which he pursued self-directed studies in languages and social sciences.^[1]

He worked from an early age, first as a shoemaker, later as an employee of the Caja de Crédito y Fomento Minero, and participated in journalistic activities, founding the newspaper La Comuna in Viña del Mar and collaborating with El Socialista in Antofagasta.^[1]

He was affiliated with the Democratic Party and later joined the Partido Obrero Socialista in 1912, becoming its founder and first secretary general.^[1] In 1922 he was cofounder and first secretary general of the Communist Party of Chile, leaving the organization in 1927; that same year he was deported and later returned to Chile.^[1]

During the early 1930s he experienced confinement in Aysén and subsequently resumed parliamentary and political activities, participating in the foundation of the Socialist Party of Chile in 1933.^[1] He also led the Federación Obrera de Chile and served as councilor of the Municipality of Valparaíso between 1921 and 1926.^[1]