About Absalón Valencia Zavala
Lived 1877 – 1950 (aged 73). Absalón Valencia Zavala was a Chilean politician and lawyer.
Absalón Valencia Zavala (20 July 1877 – 24 September 1950) was a Chilean lawyer and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as deputy and later as senator of the Republic and held several ministerial posts during the early twentieth century.
Biography He was born in Los Andes on 20 July 1877, the son of Silvestre Valencia López and Norberta Zavala Herrera. In 1917 he married María Luisa Montau Moreira, and they had four children. and also assumed the portfolio of Justice from October to December of that year. He was also councillor of the State Railways and director of the Banco Español. He collaborated with the press on various public matters.
He was a member of the Club de La Unión, the Club de Septiembre and the Club Liberal.
He died in Santiago on 24 September 1950.
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