Osvaldo Andrade Lara (born 2 June 1953 in

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) is a

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an Socialist politician. After studying law at the

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, Andrade joined the

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in 1968. He served as director of the Young Socialists. Following the

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, he was detained at the Estadio Nacional and at

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. He was Minister of Labor and Social Security in the government of

an President

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from 2006 to 2008. On 22 March 2016 he became

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of the Chamber of Deputies. He succeeded Marco Antonio Núñez. He was succeeded as president on 22 March 2017 by . Andrade was a 6-foot tall (1.83m) guard for the Chilean national basketball team in the 1970s.

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