Jaime Suárez Bastidas
Chilean politician
Jaime León Suárez Bastidas (23 August 1931 – 28 October 1993) was a Chilean lawyer, sociologist and socialist politician.
He served as Minister Secretary General of Government and Minister of the Interior during the presidency of Salvador Allende (1970–1973). In 1973 he was elected senator for the 8th Provincial Constituency, a mandate interrupted by the coup d'état of 11 September 1973.
Biography
Family and studies
He was born in San Bernardo on 23 August 1931, the son of Héctor Suárez Suárez and Rosario Bastidas Aguirre. He studied at the Liceo de Hombres of Osorno, later at the University of Concepción, where he pursued law, and finally graduated in sociology from the University of Chile in 1956. He married Lilia Indart Vargas, with whom he had two children: Cecilia, a socialist leader, and Bernardo, a journalist and correspondent of EFE in Moscow.
Professional life
He began working as a teacher in 1955 at the Liceo of Talcahuano. Between 1956 and 1961 he taught at the Liceo de Hombres y Niñas of Osorno, at the French School and the German Institute of that city. In 1962 he moved to Santiago, becoming professor of sociology at the Universidad Técnica del Estado and researcher at the University of Chile, positions he held until 1970.
Political career
His political activity began during high school as founding president of the Student Center of the Osorno Liceo in 1948.
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