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. Santos Salas was one of the leaders of the Social-Republican Union of the Wage Earners of Chile (USRACh), a party that brought together workers and their unions during the 1920s. The leftist movement emerged in parallel to the

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. He was appointed by the Government Junta of 1925 as Minister of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare. He was

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and Hygiene during the administration of

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in 1927. Salas was also Minister of Health of

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in 1947. Gonzalez Videla appointed him as mayor of

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in 1946, in a position he held until 1950.Pérgola de las Flores San Francisco obtiene permiso de ocupación por parte de Bienes Nacionales
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* Ramón Folch, Armando de. ''Biografías de Chilenos''. Santiago: Ediciones UC. {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos Salas, Jose 1888 births 1955 deaths People from Talca 20th-century Chilean physicians Mayors of Santiago Chilean Ministers of Health Chilean Ministers of Justice University of Chile alumni Candidates for President of Chile

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