Juan Atala
Chilean politician
Juan Elías Atala González (20 July 1911 – 3 December 1972) was a Chilean businessman and politician of Syrian descent, member of the Radical Party (PR).
He served as Minister of Labor during the administration of President Gabriel González Videla between July and November 1952. Later, he was elected as a Deputy of the Republic representing the 9th Departmental Grouping during the 1961–1965 legislative period.
Family and education
He was born in Rancagua on 20 July 1911, the son of Salomón (Selim) Atala and Elena González. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Instituto O'Higgins in Rancagua, and later pursued studies at the School of Medicine of the University of Chile.
He married Alicia Josefina Ruiz Aliaga in Rancagua on 16 October 1943; they had three children: Ana María, Juan Carlos and Juan René.
Professional career
He served as secretary-general of the Coordinated Health Services of O'Higgins Province between 1936 and 1938. Starting that year, he worked in cost accounting for the Braden Copper Company in Rancagua until 1946, when he joined Compañía de Industrias Chilenas (CIC). There he organized the Welfare Office and served as its head from its foundation; he was also a director of the company union.
He was president of the Rancagua Basketball Association; director of the Rancagua Football Association and the Instituto O'Higgins Sports Club; director and secretary of the Rotary Club (various terms); secretary of the Provincial Boy Scouts Association of O'Higgins; provincial president of the Confederation of Public Employees in O'Higgins; and member of the Mixed Salary Commission of Rancagua, representing employees.
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