Reinaldo Nuñez Álvarez

Reinaldo Nuñez Álvarez (12 November 1901 – 11 May 1978) was a Chilean mechanic, industrial worker, trade union leader and communist politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the 1941–1945 legislative period.

Biography Núñez Álvarez was born in Los Vilos, Chile, on 12 November 1901. He was the son of Nicomedes Núñez and María Engracia Álvarez.

He trained and worked as a mechanic and became an industrial laborer. Over the course of his working life, he emerged as a prominent trade union leader within the Chilean metalworkers’ movement.

During the administration of President Juan Antonio Ríos, he served as a member of the advisory council of the Social Security Service.

He married Rosa María Ester Quiroz Vivanco on 1 December 1928.

Political career Núñez Álvarez was a member of the Communist Party, which at the time operated under the name Progressive National Party due to a period of political repression and clandestinity initiated by legislation enacted in 1932.

He was elected Deputy for the 7th Departmental Group —corresponding to the 3rd Metropolitan District (Puente Alto)— for the 1941–1945 term. During his tenure in Congress, he served on the Standing Committees on Industry and on Labor and Social Legislation.

Following the establishment of the military regime in Chile in 1973, Núñez Álvarez was persecuted by the dictatorship. He died in Santiago on 11 May 1978.