Alejandro Noemi Huerta

Alejandro Noemi Huerta (28 December 1913 – 21 August 1993) was a Chilean accountant and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as senator for Atacama and Coquimbo between 1965 and 1973, being also vice president of the Senate.

Biography He was born in Taltal on 28 December 1913, the son of Juan Noemi, of Lebanese origin, and Julia Huerta. In 1937 he married Olga Haydée Callejas Zamora in Freirina.

He studied at the Liceo of Copiapó, and later at the Instituto Superior de Comercio de Santiago, graduating as General Accountant in 1934. He established an accounting office in Copiapó (1935), worked as accountant and auditor in the Freirina gold mine, and later as accountant of the “San Juan” farm in Piedra Colgada, Copiapó. He was also a distributor for the Compañía Chilena de Tabacos in the north of the country.

Public activities In 1943, he was president of the Council of the Banco del Trabajo of Vallenar, and in 1945, vice president of the Editorial del Pacífico in Santiago. The following year he became counselor of the Sociedad Nacional de Minería.

Since at least 1947 he was a member of the Christian Democratic Party. He was elected councilor of the municipality of Freirina in 1947 and 1950, and later mayor of the commune between 1951 and 1953.

In 1965, he was elected senator for Atacama and Coquimbo, serving until 1973 and integrating the permanent commissions of National Defense and Finance. Between 4 June 1969 and 12 January 1971 he was vice president of the Senate. He was reelected in 1973, but his mandate was interrupted by the coup d'état of 11 September 1973, which dissolved Congress by Decree Law No. 27.

During the dictatorship, he distanced himself from politics and dedicated himself to business activities. In 1975 he became a member of the Sociedad Nacional de Minería, and later joined the Social Club and the Agrupación de Amigos Católicos (1978).