Juan Gómez Millas (; July 18, 1900 – March 16, 1987) was a Chilean politician and educator. In 1925, he was accepted as a professor of

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from the Pedagogical Institute. Years later, he became director of the Institute of History and Geography at the same university, where he devoted himself to promoting ideas for change in

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. In 1931, he was appointed general secretary of the organization. During his administration, he created the

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and Welfare Department. He would later be elected Dean of the Faculty of Education. Gómez Millas was founder of the

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political party , which existed from 1943 until 1945. Gómez Millas aligned the party with

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and

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. The party dissolved after the end of WWII. In 1952, he was appointed

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by President Ibáñez, a position he was a year before he was elected rector of the

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. During his presidency, which lasted until 1963, the university opened its regional headquarters.

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