Alfredo Nazar

Alfredo Nazar Feres (7 July 1902 – 16 April 1955) was a Chilean teacher and politician belonging to the Radical Party, who served three consecutive terms as Deputy for the 6th Departmental Group of Valparaíso and Quillota between 1945 and 1955.

Biography He was born in La Serena, on 7 July 1902, the son of José Nazar and Elena Feres. On 2 November 1929, he married María Isabel Riquelme González, with whom he had three children: Alfredo, José, and Jaime.

He studied at the Liceo de Ovalle and at the Seminary of La Serena, later entering the Instituto Pedagógico de la Universidad de Chile, where he earned a degree as a teacher of Biology and Chemistry in 1926.

Nazar began his teaching career at the Liceo de Ovalle between 1928 and 1929. He then worked at the Liceo No. 2 of Valparaíso (1929–1930, 1943–1945) and for a longer period at the Liceo No. 1 of Valparaíso (1929–1945).

He was also professor of biology at the Arturo Prat Naval Academy between 1932 and 1945. Later, he moved to Santiago, where he taught at the Liceo No. 2 “Miguel Luis Amunátegui” from 1946 to 1955, serving as rector between 1952 and 1955. In parallel, he was professor of chemistry at the Faculty of Commerce of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Political career A member of the Radical Party, he became president of the Radical Assembly. Within the Municipality of Valparaíso, he served as first councilman and later as mayor in 1944.

He was elected Deputy for the 6th Departmental Group of Valparaíso and Quillota for the periods 1945–1949, 1949–1953, and 1953–1955. He died while in office and was succeeded by Carlos Muñoz Horz, who assumed the seat on 11 October 1955. As deputy, Nazar participated in the Committees on National Defense, Finance, Public Education, Agriculture and Colonization, and Labor and Social Legislation, and later chaired the Committee on Public Education. He authored Law No. 8,705, which recognized years of service abroad for Chilean teachers.

He also served as president of the National Sports Council and of the Athletic Association, and was director of the League Against Alcoholism. As an educator, he wrote several textbooks, including Química. Nociones de nomenclatura inorgánica (Valparaíso, Imprenta Mercantil, 1936) and Nomenclatura química: inorgánica y orgánica (Valparaíso, Imprenta Mercantil, 1939).

He died in Valparaíso on 16 April 1955.