Juan Gómez Millas
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Juan Gómez Millas (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan ˈgomeθ ˈmiʝas]; July 18, 1900 - March 16, 1987) was a Chilean politician and educator.
In 1925, he was accepted as a professor of universal history from the Pedagogical Institute. Years later, he became director of the Institute of History and Geography at the same university, where he devoted himself to promoting ideas for change in education in Chile. In 1931, he was appointed general secretary of the organization. During his administration, he created the Editorial Universitaria and Welfare Department. He would later be elected Dean of the Faculty of Education.
Gómez Millas was founder of the far-right political party , which existed from 1943 until 1945. Gómez Millas aligned the party with Nazism and Fascist Italy. The party dissolved after the end of WWII.[1]
In 1952, he was appointed Minister of Education by President Ibáñez, a position he was a year before he was elected rector of the University of Chile. During his presidency, which lasted until 1963, the university opened its regional headquarters.
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- ^ Klein, Marcus (2001). "The New Voices of Chilean Fascism and the Popular Front, 1938-1942". Journal of Latin American Studies. 33 (2): 347–375. doi:10.1017/S0022216X01005995. JSTOR 3653688.
Although Gomez Millas avoided the term fascism to the describe the position of the group he led, his praise of the Second World War as a 'world revolution' which made the people aware of'the new ideals of the national life', clearly positioned the movement at the extreme right end of the political spectrum and revealed his sympathies for Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
- 1900 births
- 1987 deaths
- People from Santiago
- Chilean people of Spanish descent
- Government ministers of Chile
- Chilean educators
- University of Chile alumni
- University of Chile faculty
- Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Chilean fascists
- Chilean anti-communists
- Chilean politician stubs