Raúl Gormaz Molina

Raúl Eduardo Gormaz Molina (19 September 1914 – 21 April 1980) was a Chilean lawyer and politician, affiliated with the Christian Democratic Party and later the National Party. He was deputy, mayor and senator during his political career.

Early life Born on 19 September 1914, the son of Raúl Gormaz and Marina Molina. He studied at Colegio San Ignacio de Santiago and later at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, graduating as a lawyer in 1938.

He married three times: first to Isabel Fuentes Reveco (one daughter, Raquel), then with Wilda Yolanda Gajardo Parra (one daughter, Adriana), and later with María Olga Muñoz Urzúa (two children: Ivonne and Raúl).

Political career He served as Mayor of Curicó from 1953 to 1956. In 1956 he joined the National Party.

He was elected Deputy for Curicó and Mataquito for the terms 1961-1965. During his time in the Chamber of Deputies, he integrated the commissions on Interior Government; Education Public; and Labor & Social Legislation.

In 1965 he was elected Senator for Curicó, Talca, Linares and Maule, serving until 1973. He served in permanent commissions of Interior Police and Economy & Trade. He also formed part of the board of the Banco del Estado (1967), and was a delegate from Chile to various United Nations bodies including the Committee on Decolonization (1967).

Later years and death After the 1973 coup d'état, he supported the new regime and was part of the Ortúzar Commission involved in drafting a new constitution. He died on 21 April 1980 in Santiago at age 65.