Héctor Zambrano Opazo

Héctor Zambrano Opazo (16 April 1939 – 10 July 2016) is a Chilean politician who served as a deputy.

Biography He was born in Lota on 16 April 1939, the son of Galindo Zambrano Rodríguez and Elena del Carmen Opazo Fuentes. He was married to María Sonia González Obreque, with whom he had four children.

He completed his secondary education at the Liceo de Coronel between 1950 and 1955.

After finishing school, between 1957 and 1966 he worked at the Compañía Carbonífera Lota-Schwager, serving as president of the employees’ union between 1963 and 1966.

In 1966, he entered the University of Concepción School of Law, qualifying as a lawyer in 1972.

Between 1973 and 1974, he served as municipal defense lawyer in Coronel, and from 1979 onward practiced law independently.

He also held a position in the Office of Popular Promotion and Social Development of Concepción until 1979, where he served as president of the workers in 1968 and 1975.

Political career Between 1969 and 1971, he was president of the communal branch of the Christian Democratic Party in Coronel and also served as provincial councillor of his party.

Between 1987 and 1988, he was elected communal president and that same year was appointed vice-president of the “No” campaign in the context of the 1988 Chilean presidential referendum.

Between 1988 and 1998, he served as provincial vice-president of the Christian Democratic Party in Coyhaique and was also president of the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia and of the presidential campaign of Patricio Aylwin in Coyhaique.

On 11 March 1990, he was appointed Mayor of Coyhaique under the legislation in force at the time, serving until 26 September 1992.

In 1993, he served as provincial vice-president of the Christian Democratic Party.

In the December 1993 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for District No. 59, Aysén Region—comprising the communes of Coyhaique, Lago Verde, Aysén, Cisnes, Guaitecas, Chile Chico, Río Ibáñez, Cochrane, O'Higgins and Tortel—obtaining the highest majority with 10,230 votes (26.95% of valid votes). In 1997, he did not seek re-election.

He died in Concepción on 10 July 2016.