Damián Uribe Cárdenas

Damián del Carmen Uribe Cárdenas (2 October 1909 – 15 February 1994) was a Chilean miner, trade union leader, and politician affiliated with the Communist Party.

Biography Born in Coronel to Manuel Uribe and Petronila Cárdenas, he married Alejandrina de Dios Reyes Figueroa in 1937.

He worked as a coal miner in the mines of his hometown and became a prominent union leader. In 1939 he served as Secretary-General of the Federation of Mining Unions of Arauco.

During the clandestine period of his party —when it operated under the name “National Progressive Party” due to a 1932 legal provision— he continued his political activism within the Communist movement.

He was elected Deputy for the 17th Departamental Group, comprising Concepción, Talcahuano, Tomé, Yumbel and Coronel, for the legislative period 1941–1945, serving on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization. Reelected for the period 1945–1949, he joined the Standing Committee on Economy and Commerce.