Alejandro Ríos Valdivia

Tomás Alejandro Ríos Valdivia (September 29, 1901, Valparaíso, Chile – July 30, 2000, Santiago, Chile) was a Chilean pedagogue and politician, minister of state under presidents Gabriel González Videla and Salvador Allende, as well as deputy for Santiago between 1945 and 1953. He was a member of the Radical Party.[1]

Alejandro Ríos Valdivia
Ministry of the Interior and Public Security
In office
January 28, 1972 – February 10, 1972
PresidentSalvador Allende
Preceded byJosé Tohá
Succeeded byHernán del Canto
Minister of National Defense of Chile
In office
November 3, 1970 – January 7, 1972
PresidentSalvador Allende
Preceded bySergio Ossa
Succeeded byJosé Tohá
Minister of Education of Chile
In office
November 3, 1946 – August 4, 1947
PresidentGabriel González Videla
Preceded byHumberto Enríquez Frödden
Succeeded byEnrique Molina Garmendia
Personal details
BornSeptember 29, 1901
Valparaíso, Chile
DiedJuly 30, 2000 (2000-07-31) (aged 98)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyRadical Party of Chile
Democratic Socialist Radical Party
Alma materUniversity of Chile
OccupationPedagogue and politician

Biography

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His parents were Moisés Ríos González and Rita Valdivia Muñoz.[1][2]

He studied at the Seminary of Santiago and then at the Liceo de Aplicación [es], also in the Chilean capital. He then entered the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Chile to study pedagogy. He graduated as a history and geography teacher in 1923.[1][2]

He worked as a teacher at the Military School and the Higher Institute of Carabineros.[1][2]

As such, during the government of González Videla he became Minister of Public Education.[3][4] During his tenure in the portfolio, the Universidad Técnica del Estado, today the Universidad de Santiago, was formed.[2]

In 1964, he formed the Movement for the Doctrinal Recovery of the Radical Party to support the presidential candidacy of Salvador Allende in that year's presidential elections.[5][6][7]

With Allende in power, he served as the Minister of National Defense.[1][2][8] He was elected as a deputy for the 7th Departmental Group of Santiago, first district, during the periods 1945–1949 and 1949–1953.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Biografías de chilenos: miembros de los poderes Ejecutivo, Legislativo y Judicial (1876–1973), Armando de Ramón and others, Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 2003, Volume IV, pp. 34–35.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Familia Aguirre". 2009-12-07. Archived from the original on 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  3. ^ La Segunda (Santiago). November 29, 1993. p. 7.
  4. ^ El Mercurio (Santiago). November 1, 1996. p. A3.
  5. ^ "La Nacion (June 1964)" (PDF). culturadigital.udp.cl (in Spanish). 1964-06-30. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  6. ^ "La Nacion (July 1964)" (PDF). culturadigital.udp.cl (in Spanish). 1964-07-01. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  7. ^ "La Nacion (August 1964)" (PDF). culturadigital.udp.cl (in Spanish). 1964-08-09. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  8. ^ "Administración de la defensa: la experiencia chilena en el período 1932–1973" (PDF). fasoc.cl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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