Galvarino Rivera

Galvarino Rivera González (9 September 1910 – 29 September 1957) was a Chilean merchant, broadcaster and politician who served as Deputy for the 7th Departamental Group (Santiago, 2nd District) between 1953 and 1957.

Biography Galvarino Rivera González was born in Santiago on 9 September 1910, the son of Clodomiro Rivera and María González. He studied at the Liceo de Aplicación and later at the University of Chile.

He began his commercial activities working with his father, and in 1929 became independent as a commercial broker and broadcaster for Radio O’Higgins. From 1932 onward he collaborated in the organization of the Chilean Retail Commerce Chamber, later becoming its president.

He served as vice-president of the insurance company La Cooperadora; was owner of the newspaper Las Noticias Gráficas (1953); broadcaster for Radio O’Higgins; and director of the Retail Commerce radio program. In 1942 he received a gold medal and Diploma of Honor at the Retail Commerce Congress.

Rivera died on 29 September 1957.

Political career Rivera was president of the Democratic Youth and of the Alianza Libertadora de la Juventud de Izquierda. He later joined the Agrarian Labor Party.

In the 1953 Chilean parliamentary election, he was elected Deputy for the 7th Departamental Group (Santiago, 2nd District), serving the full 1953–1957 term and sitting on the Permanent Committee on Economy and Commerce.