Radomiro Tomic

Politician, Deceased Person

1914 – 1992

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Who was Radomiro Tomic?

Radomiro Tomic Romero was a Chilean politician of Croatian origin. He was one of the most prominent leaders of that country's Christian Democrat Party.

Born in Antofagasta, Tomic received his law degree from the Universidad Católica de Chile, where he first became involved in political activity, in the Social Christian Party. One of the co-founders in 1938 of the Falange Nacional, he became president of the party 1946–1947 and 1952–1953. He was married to Olaya Errázuriz Echenique, and together they had 9 children.

Among other activities Tomic was director of the newspaper El Tarapacá of Iquique and later of the Editorial del Pacífico.

Tomic served as deputy for Arica, Pisagua and Iquique. When senator and poet Pablo Neruda was banned by the Ley de Defensa Permanente de la Democracia —which banned the Communist Party of Chile and removed numerous voters from the rolls—Tomić won the vacated seat in a by-election. He served as senator for Tarapacá and Antofagasta, and then for Aconcagua and Valparaíso. In 1965 he resigned his senatorial seat to become Chile's ambassador to the United States.

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Born
May 7, 1914
Chile
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Died
Jan 3, 1992

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on July 23, 2013

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