Laura Fiora Rodríguez Riccomini (April 1, 1957 – July 18, 1992) was a

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an political activist from the

Humanist Party The Humanist International (also known as the International Humanist Party) is a consortium of political parties adhering to universal humanism (also known as Siloism, after the nickname of the movement's founder), founded in 1989 by over 40 na ...

. In 1989 she became the world's first Humanist to win a seat in parliament, after claiming victory as part of the ''

Concertación The Concertación, officially the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia ( en, Coalition of Parties for Democracy), was a coalition of center-left political parties in Chile, founded in 1988. Presidential candidates under its banner won ...

'' coalition. Rodríguez was born in Santiago, Chile. She married Darío Ergas in 1978. She was active in and eventually became president of the Community for Human Development. She graduated as engineer from the

University of Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

in 1983. Rodríguez was co-founder of the Humanist Party in 1984 and was president of the party in 1990. She was elected to the Chilean parliament in 1989 for the

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electoral district. Rodríguez died of brain cancer in 1992.

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Laura Rodríguez Foundation
(in Spanish) 1957 births 1992 deaths Chilean people of Italian descent Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Chilean democracy activists University of Chile alumni Chilean humanists People from Santiago Humanist Party (Chile) politicians Candidates for President of Chile Deaths from cancer in Chile Deaths from brain tumor 20th-century Chilean women politicians 20th-century Chilean politicians Women members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile {{Chile-politician-stub