Galvarino Palacios

Galvarino Palacios González (born 8 September 1914) is a Chilean lawyer, politician, football referee and sports executive.

He served as Senator of the Republic (1957–1965) representing the 8th Provincial Group (Biobío, Malleco and Cautín). He was also president of the Arbitration Committee of the Chilean Football Association, councillor of Temuco, and provincial president of the Bar Association of Chile.

Early life and education Palacios was the son of Carlos Palacios Belmar and Aura González Martaga. He studied at the Liceo de Temuco and graduated as a lawyer from the University of Chile in 1939. In 1933, at the age of 19, he was one of the founders of the Socialist Party of Chile in Temuco.

He married twice: first with Olga Ester Gómez, with whom he had three children, and later with María Angélica Alfonso Ballesteros, in Mexico City on 11 February 1960.

Professional career He worked at the Pension Fund of the State Railways (1939–1949), before establishing himself as a private lawyer in Temuco. He joined the Provincial Council of the Chilean Bar Association in 1946, and between 1952 and 1956 served as its president, being reelected in 1954.

Sports career Palacios was active in amateur football as captain of the third team of Deportivo Liceo in Temuco until 1956.

Between 1946 and 1955 he worked as a football referee, and in 1955–1956 was president of the Arbitration Committee of the Chilean Football Association (then Asociación Central de Football de Chile).

Political career In 1933 he founded the Socialist Party in Temuco. In 1948 he left the party to join the Popular Socialist Party (Chile), returning to the Socialist Party in 1957.

He was elected municipal councillor (regidor) of Temuco (1956–1957) and later senator for the 8th Provincial Group (Biobío, Malleco, Cautín) from 1957 to 1965.