José Monares Gómez

José Ricardo Monares Gómez (born 2 March 1937) is a Chilean industrial chemist and Christian Democratic politician.

He served as Deputy for the 9th Departmental Group (Rancagua, Cachapoal, Caupolicán and San Vicente) from 1965 to 1973.

Biography He was born in Osorno, the son of Senén Monares Beltrán and Adela Gómez Álvarez. He studied at the Liceo Valentín Letelier and then graduated as an industrial chemist from the Universidad Técnica del Estado (UTE). From 1959 to 1965, he worked at the Braden Copper Company in Caletones, where he chaired the workers’ union.

A militant of the Christian Democratic Party of Chile, he was first elected Deputy in 1965 and reelected in both 1969 and 1973. During his terms, he served on the Permanent Committees on Mining and Industries, Defense, and Physical Education and Sports—the latter as its president in one term. His mandate ended following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.