Óscar Marín Socías

He studied medicine at the University of Chile, graduating in 1931 as a physician. After obtaining his degree, he headed the Preventive Medicine Service of the Caja de Previsión de Empleados Particulares.

He joined the Radical Party in 1931. In 1966, he ran in the complementary election for a Deputy in Valparaíso, with the support of the Liberal Party and the United Conservative Party, but was not elected. That same year he left the Radical Party.

From 1966 onward he sympathized with the Christian Democratic Party. In 1970 he was campaign manager of the independents of Valparaíso who supported the presidential candidacy of Radomiro Tomic.

In July 1971, he was elected in a complementary election for the 6th Departmental Group (Valparaíso Province), filling the vacancy left by Graciela Lacoste. He assumed with the support of the Christian Democrats and the National Party, the first time both forces united, later forming the Confederation of Democracy (CODE).

As Deputy, he sat on the Standing Committee on Public Health. His term was cut short by the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and the subsequent dissolution of the National Congress.

He died in Viña del Mar on 24 May 1990.

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