Tomás Solís Nova

Tomás Enrique Solís Nova (born 1934) is a Chilean teacher and politician, member of the Communist Party of Chile.

He served as Deputy for the 10th Departamental Group during the XLVI Legislative Period (1969–1973).

Early life He was born in Coelemu on 28 September 1934. He studied at local rural schools and later attended the Juan Madrid Normal School of Chillán, graduating as a normalist teacher. Early on, he became active in the Communist Youth of Chile, while also teaching and working as a union activist.

Political career Between 1963 and 1969 he served as a regidor of Concepción, occasionally acting as deputy mayor. In the 1969 elections he was elected Deputy for the 10th Departamental Group. He served until 1973, participating in the Permanent Commission of Public Works and Transport, and presented several motions that became law.

After the 1973 coup d'état, he went into exile in Hungary, where he became president of the Chilean exile community. Returning to Chile in the 1990s, he was later elected mayor of the newly created commune of Chiguayante, serving from 1996 to 2012.