Carlos González Espinoza

Carlos González Espinoza (born 6 October 1926) is a Chilean architect, academic and politician who served as Deputy for the 7th Departamental Group from 1953 to 1957.

Biography González was born in Santiago on 6 October 1926, the son of Exequiel González Madariaga and Laura Espinoza. He married Lucía Poblete Grez in Santiago on 29 January 1985, and they had children.

He studied at the Liceo Valentín Letelier and later at the School of Architecture of the University of Chile, graduating as an architect with a collaborative project titled *Panorama de la vivienda campesina*.

González first served as a teaching assistant and, beginning in 1950, as professor of Architectural Analysis at the University of Chile. He collaborated in the architectural studio of Gonzalo Mardones Restat and taught at the Night School for Construction Workers. In 1951 he led a student delegation on an academic trip to Cuzco (Peru) and La Paz (Bolivia).

He was active in the Popular Youth of the Frente del Pueblo and later joined the Communist Party. As a student, he was a member of the Board of the Student Federation, serving as president of the Architecture Students’ Center.

Political career González was elected Deputy for the 7th Departamental Group (Santiago, 1st District) for the 1953–1957 legislative term. Due to the provisions of the Permanent Law of Democracy, he ran in a Socialist Party quota. During his term he sat on the Permanent Commission of Foreign Relations.