Héctor Olivares Solís

Héctor Olivares Solís (22 August 1924 – 24 February 2009) was a Chilean politician who served as a deputy.

Early life and family Olivares was born in Rancagua on 22 August 1924. He was the son of José de la Cruz Olivares Castizada and Ana Solís Galdames.

He married and had four children.

He completed his primary and secondary education at the Liceo de Rancagua. After finishing school, he entered the Escuela de Minas de Copiapó, where he qualified as an Engineer in Execution in Mining (Ingeniero en Ejecución). After graduation, he worked in the mining department as a mechanical helper and employee in the mining sector.

Political career In 1951, he became president of the Industrial Sewell and Mining Union of the Braden Copper Company and simultaneously served as vice president and later president of the Confederation of Copper Workers in 1959, 1961, and 1971. In 1965, he represented workers on the board of the Copper Department. As a trade union representative, he participated in the International Labour Organization (ILO) annual conferences in Geneva, Switzerland in 1957 and 1961, and attended mining workers’ congresses in Lima, Peru aimed at creating the Andean Mining Bloc.

He later joined the Socialist Party of Chile. Following the 1973 coup d’état, he was detained and sent to Dawson Island and then exiled to Venezuela, returning to Chile in 1988 and resuming political activity.

On 23 March 1990, he registered with the Party for Democracy (PPD) and resigned on 9 August 1991 to rejoin the Socialist Party.

In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for District No. 32 (Rancagua), Sixth Region, for the 1990–1994 term as an independent in the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia pact. He later rejoined the Socialist Party.

Death He died in Santiago on 2 February 2009.