Alberto Bahamondes

Alberto Bahamondes Ramírez (born 12 March 1885) was a Chilean politician, lawyer, and educator who served as deputy of the Republic.

Biography Bahamondes Ramírez was born in Chillán, Chile, on 12 March 1885. He was the son of José del Carmen Bahamondes and Agustina Ramírez.

He studied at the Seminary of Chillán, the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer and as a teacher of Spanish and Logic in 1908. His law thesis was titled El valor de la prueba de testigos, and he was sworn in as a lawyer on 14 September 1908.

He worked as a lawyer for the Fiscal Delegation of Nitrate Works. He served as substitute notary for the Municipality and the Institute of Development of Antofagasta. He was a teacher at the Girls’ High School and the Institute of Development of Antofagasta. In Santiago, he taught Spanish and Agricultural Law and worked as a lawyer for the Housing Fund (Caja de la Habitación).

He married María Teresa Gormaz Ezpoz, with whom he had one son. He also had a daughter with Blanca Delia Saavedra.

Political career Bahamondes Ramírez was a member of the Conservative Party and served as president of the party in Antofagasta.

He served twice as a municipal councillor (regidor) of the Municipality of Antofagasta.

In the parliamentary elections of 1937, he was elected Deputy for the Second Departmental Grouping (Antofagasta, Tocopilla, El Loa and Taltal), serving during the 1937–1941 legislative period. During his term, he acted as substitute member of the Standing Committees on Constitution, Legislation and Justice and on Labor and Social Legislation, and was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Education.

Other activities He was a member and president of the Board of Charity (Junta de Beneficencia). He participated in numerous civic associations and collaborated with the newspapers La Unión, El Mercurio, and El Abecé of Antofagasta. He was a member of the Ateneo of Antofagasta, president of the Circle of Journalists, a member of the Ibero-American Union, and a member of the Rotary Club of Antofagasta.