Vladimir Anselmo Sule Candia (January 27, 1934 – June 7, 2002) was a Chilean politician, member of the Radical Party and, afterwards, of the

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. Sule Candia was also world vice president of

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Biography

Early, and personal life

Anselmo Sule Candia was born in

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, on January 27, 1934; his parents were Anselmo Sule Redovnicovic and Rosa de Candia Gamonal. He lived his childhood in the city of Los Andes; there are reports that he was born there. Sule studied Law in the

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, where he graduated in 1956 with his thesis "El sindicalismo argentino" ( en, The Argentinian Syndicalism), moving temporarily to Buenos Aires to conduct his on-site research attending union meetings and political syndicalist lectures. In 1958, he begins to work as a professor in the Syndical School of the University of Chile. Sule also married Fresia Fernández that year in Osorno; he had three children with Fernández: Tatiana, Claudio, and Alejandro Miguel. Alejandro would later become a member of the

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. According to ''

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'', Sule held a friendship with important politicians such as

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and

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, throughout his life. Sule was also a

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, and a

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, member of the Bomberos de Chile.

Political career

Sule Candia joined the

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in 1950, and he was president of the party between 1972 and 1973. Sule also was member of the

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, between 1969 and 1973, representing the VI O'Higgins Region and the

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. He also was, during two terms, National Councillor of the College of Lawyers of Chile. Following the

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, Sule was detained and taken to the

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together with other members of the Unidad Popular. From 1975 until 1990, he lived in different countries, such as Venezuela, Mexico, and Uruguay (where he obtained Uruguayan citizenship). During this time, he was world vice president of

. Once Chile completed its transition to democracy, he came back to Chile, and once again was elected senator for the

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, holding the office between 1990 and 1998. Sule Candia also was president of the

Death

Anselmo Sule Candia died in Santiago, on June 7, 2002, at age 68, of brain cancer. Posthumously, Sule recovered his Chilean citizenship, which he had lost during the

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References

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