Sergio Anfossi

Sergio Anfossi Muñoz (24 May 1933 – 20 October 2022) was a Chilean socialist politician. He served as Deputy for the 26th Departamental Group (Aysén Region).

He went into exile in Costa Rica, where he received a distinction from the Costa Rican Government and Parliament as a representative of the Chilean exile community. He returned to Chile in 1986. From 1990 to 1992, he assumed the position of National Secretary of Organization of the Socialist Party.

From 1974 to 1986, he worked for the newspaper La Nación (Costa Rica, writing about Chile under the dictatorship. After returning to Chile, he contributed articles to the newspaper La Época about the political reality of Aysén.

Biography He was the son of Alberto Anfossi Nosia and Celia Muñoz Herrera. In his first marriage, he married Engracia Gómez Ríos, with whom he had four children. In his second marriage, he married Mónica Matus Rivas, with whom he had three children: Renatto, Robinson, and Romina.

He studied at the Commercial High Schools (Liceo Comercial) of Chillán and Talca.

He began his political activities in 1950 by joining the Socialist Party of Chile, where he went on to hold the positions of sectional and regional leader. Later, he became a member of the party’s Central Committee. In 1965, he was elected councilman for Coyhaique, serving for five years. In 1969, he was a candidate for senator for Chiloé, Aysén and Magallanes, but was not elected.

In 1973, he was elected Deputy for the 26th Departamental Group of Aysén, Coyhaique and Chile Chico, for the constitutional period 1973–1977. He was a member of the Commission on Economy, Development, and Promotion. His parliamentary work was cut short by the coup d’état of 11 September 1973.

In his later years, he lived in Quinta de Tilcoco, in the O'Higgins Region. He died in Santiago, together with his family, his wife Mónica and his children Robinson, Romina, Renatto, and Aldo.