Domingo Núñez

Domingo Núñez Galeno (10 December 1901 – 19 October 1984) was a Chilean lawyer, judge and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as a deputy for the Fourth Departamental Grouping of La Serena, Elqui, Ovalle and Illapel during the 1933–1937 legislative period.

Biography Núñez was born in La Serena on 10 December 1901, the son of Domingo Núñez Carabantes and Rosa Amelia Galeno Iglesias. He married Olimpia Haebig Torrealba in Santiago in 1930; the couple had two children.

He completed his secondary education at the Liceo de La Serena and later studied law at the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 5 January 1929, with a thesis entitled Del delito de contagio venéreo.

In the judicial career, he was appointed judge of the Minor Claims Court of Santiago on 3 March 1938. On 2 July 1941, he became secretary of the Court of Letters of La Serena, where he also served as substitute judge, court reporter, and secretary of the Court of Appeals of that city. He later returned to Santiago as secretary of the Sixth Criminal Court of Major Jurisdiction, a position he held from 22 April 1948 until his appointment as judge of the Third Criminal Court of Santiago on 12 November 1952.

On 16 March 1960, he was appointed justice of the Court of Appeals of Santiago, a position from which he retired on 18 October 1961.

Political career Núñez Galeno was a member of the Liberal Party. He was first elected deputy for the Tenth Departmental Circumscription (Caupolicán, San Vicente and San Fernando) for the 1930–1934 period; however, he did not complete his term following the dissolution of Congress in June 1932.

In the parliamentary elections of 1933, he was elected deputy for the Fourth Departamental Grouping of La Serena, Elqui, Ovalle and Illapel, serving during the 1933–1937 legislative period. During his term, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and Trade, as well as the Standing Committee on Private Petitions and Pensions of Grace.

Beyond politics, he was a member and president of the Rotary Club of La Serena.