Gabriel González Videla
| Gabriel González Videla | |
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| 25th President of Chile | |
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In office November 3, 1946 – November 3, 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Antonio Iribarren |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
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| Born |
November 22, 1898 La Serena, Chile |
| Died | August 22, 1980 (aged 81) Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Political party | Radical (until 1971) |
| Spouse(s) | Rosa Markmann Reijer |
Gabriel González Videla (November 22, 1898 – August 22, 1980) was a Chilean politician. He was a deputy and senator in the Chilean Congress and was President of Chile from 1946 to 1952. He also helped draft the current Chilean constitution.
González was born on the coastal city of La Serena on November 22, 1898; he was of Spanish descent, the oldest son of Gabriel González Castillo and Teresa Videla Zepeda. He was the oldest in a family of eighteen children. After graduating from the Liceo de La Serena, González went to study law at the University of Chile. He graduated from the university on 1922, but that same year his father became paralytic. Because of this tragedy, González had to return to La Serena to help his family. He became a freemason in 1924.
During his college years, González entered the Radical Party Youth, later becoming a member of the Radical Assembly of La Serena. González was involved in protests against the military government established in 1924 by Luis Altamirano. In 1927, he made declarations against President Carlos Ibáñez and had to go into hiding. Once Ibáñez's government fell in 1931, González was able to resume his political activities and was president of the Radical Party from 1931 to 1937.
González was elected deputy for the district comprising La Serena, Coquimbo, Elqui, Ovalle, Combarbalá, and Illapel in 1930. However, the coup led by socialist Marmaduque Grove in 1932 dissolved Congress. González was once again elected deputy for this same area in 1933 and reelected in 1937. In 1939 he resigned because President Pedro Aguirre Cerda named him ambassador to France first, then to Portugal (1940), and finally to Brazil (1942).
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