About Luis Bossay
Lived 1912 – 1986 (aged 73). Luis Bossay was a Chilean politician.
Luis Bossay Leiva (3 December 1912 – 7 August 1986) was a Chilean lawyer, businessman and politician, member of the Radical Party (PR).
He served as Deputy, Senator and Minister of State under President Gabriel González Videla. In the 1958 Chilean presidential election, he ran for the presidency of the Republic, placing fourth.
Biography Bossay was born in Valparaíso on 3 December 1912, the son of Pedro Bossay and María C. Leiva.
Bossay died in Santiago on 7 August 1986, of pancreatic cancer. During the government of President Patricio Aylwin, Law No. 19.051 (1 April 1991) authorized the erection of a monument in his honor in Valparaíso.
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Chilean politician
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Luis Bossay was born on 3 December 1912 in Valparaíso.
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Luis Bossay died on 7 August 1986 in Santiago.
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Luis Bossay was a politician.
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Luis Bossay was Chilean.
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