Óscar Baeza Herrera

Óscar Samuel Baeza Herrera (1 March 1903 – 28 January 1985) was a Chilean businessman in the clothing industry and a communist politician. He was the son of Samuel Baeza and Sofía Herrera Herrera, and married Francisca Mercedes Carvacho Herrera on 14 May 1927 in Santiago.

Biography Baeza studied at the Primary School of Molina and later at the Instituto Comercial of Santiago. He worked as a private employee for Felipe del Campo Castellano (1925–1926) before engaging in the clothing manufacturing industry, where he owned a company dedicated to producing garments for mining and agricultural labour.

He was a founding member of the Socialist Party (1933–1939). He later joined the Communist Party (1939–1985), which operated legally under the name Partido Progresista Nacional during the 1940s.

He was elected Deputy for the 2nd Metropolitan District (Talagante) for the 1937–1941 term, serving on the Permanent Committee on Internal Government.

Re-elected for the 1941–1945 term, he served on the Permanent Committee on Economy and Commerce. He won a further term for 1945–1949, during which he joined the Permanent Committee on National Defense.

Baeza was a member of the Association of Small Industrialists and served as councillor of both the Caja de Crédito Popular and the Caja Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Periodistas.