José Santos Salas
José Santos Salas Morales (8 July 1888 – 16 October 1955) was a Chilean physician and politician. He was candidate for the presidential election of 1925, where he was defeated by Emiliano Figueroa.
Salas was one of the leaders of the Social-Republican Union of the Wage Earners of Chile (USRACh), a party that brought together workers and their unions during the 1920s. The leftist movement emerged in parallel to the Communist Party.
He was appointed by the Government Junta of 1925 as Minister of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare. He was Minister of Justice and Hygiene during the administration of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo in 1927. Salas was also Minister of Health of Gabriel González Videla in 1947.
Gonzalez Videla appointed him as mayor of Santiago in 1946, in a position he held until 1950.[1]
See also[]
- History of Chile
- 1925 Chilean presidential election
- Social-Republican Union of the Wage Earners of Chile
- Ministry of Health
- Justice
Sources[]
- ^ Pérgola de las Flores San Francisco obtiene permiso de ocupación por parte de Bienes Nacionales Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of National Property of Chile (in Spanish)
- De Ramón Folch, Armando. Biografías de Chilenos. Santiago: Ediciones UC.
- 1888 births
- 1955 deaths
- People from Talca
- 20th-century Chilean physicians
- Mayors of Santiago
- Chilean Ministers of Health
- Chilean Ministers of Justice
- University of Chile alumni
- Candidates for President of Chile