Fermín Fierro Luengo

Fermín Fierro Luengo (26 June 1926 – 10 August 2001) was a Chilean lawyer, politician, and trade unionist. A member of the Socialist Party of Chile and later the Unión Socialista Popular (USOPO), he served as a deputy for Lebu, Arauco and Cañete from 1961 to 1969, and as mayor of Curanilahue in several terms during the 1990s until his death in 2001.

Biography Fierro was born in Contulmo on 26 June 1926, the son of Cristóbal Fierro González and Claudina Luengo Leal. He married Carolina del Carmen Toledo Araneda, with whom he had seven children, and later María Trinidad Díaz, with whom he had additional children.

He joined the Popular Socialist Party in 1937 while working as a private employee. In 1954 he entered the Socialist Party of Chile, becoming a member of its Central Committee by 1957.

During the 1950s he was elected councilman (regidor) of Curanilahue and briefly served as its mayor (1960–1961). He later returned as mayor of the commune in three consecutive terms (1992–2001).

He first ran unsuccessfully for deputy in the 1957 parliamentary elections for the 18th Departmental Group (Lebu, Arauco and Cañete).

In the 1961 elections he was elected deputy for the same constituency (1961–1965), serving as substitute on the Permanent Committee on Internal Government, and as member of the Committees on National Defense and on Oil (1964).

He was re-elected in 1965 for the 1965–1969 term, sitting on the Permanent Committee on Roads and Public Works and the Special Investigating Committee on the Institute of Geological Research (1965–1966).

In addition to his parliamentary activity, Fierro organized more than seven trade unions in the Province of Arauco, was president of the Colico Sur Coal Miners’ Union, and secretary of the provincial branch of the Central Única de Trabajadores (CUT).

In the 1973 Chilean parliamentary election he again ran for deputy for the 18th Departmental Group, this time representing the Unión Socialista Popular (USOPO), but was not elected.

He died on 10 August 2001 while serving his third consecutive term as mayor of Curanilahue.