Ernesto Antúnez

Ernesto Antúnez Rebolledo (20 November 1911 – 16 February 1980) was a Chilean industrial electrician and parliamentarian affiliated with the Socialist Party of Chile.

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the XLVI Legislative Period (1949–1953), representing the northern mining districts of Chile.

Biography Antúnez Rebolledo was born in Valdivia on 20 November 1911, the son of Julio Antúnez and Rosario Rebolledo. He completed his secondary education at the Liceo de Valdivia and pursued technical studies at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and the Universidad Técnica del Estado. In 1934, he qualified as an industrial electrical mechanic.

He worked at the Port of San Antonio in 1936 and later as an electrical technician at the María Elena nitrate works between 1937 and 1941. During this period, he was a founding member of the Employees’ Union of María Elena and served as president of the Industrial Technicians’ Association at the same facility. He later acted as secretary and president of the organization in Antofagasta and became president of the Society of Industrialists and Miners.

Antúnez Rebolledo was also active in technical and vocational education. He served as president of the Association of Educators in Industrial and Mining Education, taught electricity at the School of Mines of Antofagasta between 1942 and 1949, later taught at the Industrial School of Ñuñoa, and served as director of the Industrial School of Osorno in 1956.

He married Teresa Vega Núñez in 1936, and the couple had one daughter.

He died in Villa Alemana on 16 February 1980.

Political career Antúnez Rebolledo joined the Socialist Party of Chile in 1937. Within the party, he served as sectional secretary in María Elena and as regional secretary in Antofagasta for two terms.

He was a candidate for municipal councillor in Antofagasta in 1945.

In 1949, he was elected Deputy for the 2nd Departmental Group —Antofagasta, Tocopilla, El Loa and Taltal— serving during the 1949–1953 legislative period.