Astolfo Tapia Moore

Astolfo Tapia Moore (10 September 1911 – 21 March 1980) was a Chilean teacher and Socialist Party politician who served as Deputy for the 1st Metropolitan District (Santiago) during the 1941–1953 legislative period. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies between 1949 and 1950.

Biography Tapia Moore was born in Santiago on 10 September 1911, the son of Ismael Tapia Muñoz and Amelia Moore López.

He studied at the Liceo Miguel Luis Amunátegui and later pursued pedagogy in English and Philosophy (1930–1934) at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Chile. He also undertook law studies, although he did not complete the program.

He served as Director of the Evening School for Workers and Employees of Liceo Miguel Luis Amunátegui (1930–1931) and founded the Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Evening High School in 1937.

Tapia taught in the Universidad de Chile’s seasonal schools (1930–1935) and later served as Chief of the Culture Section of the Caja del Seguro Obligatorio (1939–1941). In journalism, he worked as editor for *La Hora* (1935–1936) and translator for Zig-Zag Publishing (1936–1939).

He married Irma Clara Sietlitz Ramírez in 1939.

Political career A member of the Socialist Party, Tapia Moore belonged to its Central Committee and served as provincial president of the Popular Front in Santiago (1938–1941).

He served as municipal councillor (Regidor) of Santiago from 1938 to 1941.

He was elected Deputy for the 1st Metropolitan District (Santiago) for the 1941–1945 legislative period, serving on the Standing Committee on Public Education.

Reelected for the 1945–1949 term, he served on the Standing Committee on Labor and Social Legislation.

In 1948 he was a founding member of the Partido Socialista Popular.

He won a third consecutive term for 1949–1953, serving on the Standing Committee on Education. During this period he was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies (1949–1950).