Víctor Joaquín García Garzena (22 September 1913 – 13 August 1986) was a
Chilean lawyer and politician who served as a
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...
.
Garzena is well remembered in his country due to a debate he had in 1973 with the then-
University of Chile Student Federation
The University of Chile Student Federation (, abbreviated as FECh) is an organization that represents all students enrolled in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the University of Chile. FECh includes the student associations from va ...
president
Alejandro Rojas Wainer
Alejandro Victor Manuel Rojas Wainer (31 January 1945 – 16 April 2018) was a Chilean-Canadian academic. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for Popular Unity (Chile), Popular Unity in 1973, but left office after the 1973 Chilean ...
, who was a member of the
Communist Party in 1973. That debate was recorded by
Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director, screenwriter, director. He is most known for his film trilogy '' The Battle of Chile'' (1975–1979) and more recently for another trilogy; ''Nostalgia for th ...
's documentary film
The Battle of Chile.
Early life
In 1937, Garzena graduated as a lawyer from the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC Chile; ) is a traditional private university based in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the thirteen Catholic universities existing in Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical univ ...
(PUC). Then, he participated in the elaboration of the Organic Code of Courts.
Political career
Garzena was one of the founders of the
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Active parties
* National Party of Australia, commonly known as ''The Nationals''
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in 1966, being its first president (1966−1968).
In 1967, he was a candidate for a seat in the
Senate
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in the 1967 Complementary Elections for
O'Higgins and
Colchagua Province
Colchagua Province () is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). Its capital is San Fernando. It is bordered on the north by Cachapoal Province, on the east by the Argentine Republic, on the south by Curicó ...
, but lost the election. However, in 1969, Garzena was elected senator for the same area. During the 1969−1973 period, he was a fierce opponent of
Salvador Allende
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until Death of Salvador Allende, his death in 1973 Chilean coup d'état, 1973. As a ...
.
In 1983, he was one of the founders of the
National Union Movement, the forerunner of the
Renovación Nacional party.
References
External links
BCN Profile
1913 births
1986 deaths
People from Viña del Mar
Chilean people of Spanish descent
Chilean anti-communists
National Party (Chile, 1966) politicians
Movimiento de Unión Nacional politicians
Senators of the XLVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
Senators of the XLVII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
20th-century Chilean lawyers
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni
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