Immanuel Holger Torres was a Chilean soldier and politician.
Immanuel Holger | |
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| Predecessor | Alberto Carrasco García |
| Successor | Esteban Iturra Pacheco |
| Political party | Independent |
Career
editHe served as Undersecretariat of the Chilean Navy between 1937 and 1938. During his tenure he passed the "cruise ship law".[1]
Additionally, he served as minister of the Interior under the government of president Gabriel González Videla, in two terms: from August 2, 1947, to July 7, 1948,[2] and from August 25, 1948, to February 27, 1950. He shut down the miners strikes in Lota in October 1947, declaring the provinces of Concepción and Arauco in a state of emergency.[3] He was accused of a constitutional violation in November 1947, which was rejected by a wide majority in the Chamber of Deputies.[4]
Later, he was head of the Naval Mission in Washington, D.C. (1950)[5] and intendant of the province of Concepción (1958).
References
edit- ^ Zunino, Daniella; Lüders, Marily (19 March 2005). "La Ley del Cobre en la mira, los disparos de los economistas". El Mercurio. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Anales de la República (in Spanish). Andrés Bello. 1951. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Pavilack, Jody (2011). Mining for the Nation: The Politics of Chile's Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03769-1. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Loveman, Brian; Lira, Elizabeth (2000). Las ardientes cenizas del olvido: vía chilena de reconciliación política 1932–1994 (in Spanish). Lom Ediciones. ISBN 978-956-282-287-9. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Fagandini González, Piero (2012). "Chilarco" (PDF). Revismar 2/2012 (2).
| Preceded by: Guillermo Troncoso Palacios |
Subsecretario de Marina 1937–1938 |
Followed by: Carlos Herrera Acevedo |