Samuel Venegas
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Samuel Venegas | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio Velasco de la Cerda |
| Succeeded by | Víctor Torres Jeldes |
| Constituency | 20th District |
| Mayor of San Antonio | |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1938 |
| Party | |
| Spouse | Liliana Rubio |
| Children | Four |
| Occupation | Politician |
Samuel Venegas Rubio (born 1 April 1938) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy[1][2] from 1994 to 2010.
He began his political involvement in 1952, when he was elected class president and delegate to the student government for one year. In 1955, he founded and became the first president of the National Falange in the commune of Navidad, his hometown, serving until 1957. That same year, he participated in the founding of the Christian Democratic Party (DC) in his commune and served as its first president until 1960.[3]
Role in the civil society
Venegas was born on 1 April 1938 in Navidad, O'Higgins Region, Chile.[3] He is married to Liliana Rubio and is the father of four children.[3]
He completed his primary education at the Public School of Navidad and the School of Litueche, and his secondary education at Liceo Juan Dante Parraguez in San Antonio.[3]
Alongside his political activities, in 1953 he founded Club Deportivo Navidad, a football club which he presided over until 1956.[3] That same year, he was one of the founders of the Navidad Football Association, serving as its president until 1958.[3]
Between 1967 and 1971, he served as president of Neighborhood Council No. 22 San Pedro ―commune of San Antonio― and joined the Second Fire Company of the city.[3] From 1970 to 1975, he was a board member of Club Deportivo y Social San Antonio Unido Portuario.[3] In 1974, he founded Club de Ciclismo Horizonte, presiding over it until 1977, and thereafter serving as its honorary president until 1993.[3]
Between 1971 and 1976, he presided over the Confederación del Rodado, an organization representing transport entrepreneurs in Melipilla and San Antonio.[3] From 1977 to 1992, he served as president of Sociedad de Transporte y Turismo Pullman Bus.[3]
Concurrently, he was provincial vice president of the Wholesale Chamber of Commerce (1978–1985), vice president of the San Antonio Development Corporation (1981–1987), and vice president of the National Federation of Owners of Rural, Interprovincial and International Buses of Chile (Fenabus) (1983–1986).[3] Within Fenabus, he chaired the Labor Commission between 1988 and 1991.[3] From 1995 onward, he presided over the Federation of Social Organizations of San Antonio (FOSANPROSALUD).[3]