Margarita Paluz | |
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![]() Margarita Paluz Rivas as deputy (1965). | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 15 May 1965 –15 May 1969 | |
Constituency | 21st Departmental District |
Personal details | |
Born | Loncoche,Chile | 7 August 1931
Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
Spouse | Humberto Espejo (m. 1966) |
Parent(s) | Juan Paluz Gumercinda Rivas |
Residence(s) | Loncoche,Chile |
Alma mater | University of Chile |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Dentist |
Margarita Paluz Rivas (born Loncoche,7 August 1931) is a Chilean dentist and politician,member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
She served as a deputy of the Republic for the 21st Departmental District,corresponding to Temuco,Lautaro,Imperial,Pitrufquén and Villarrica,between 1965 and 1969. [1]
She was born in Loncoche on 7 August 1931,the daughter of Juan Paluz Aburid and Gumercinda Isaura Rivas Manríquez. [1]
On 2 September 1966,she married Humberto Espejo Zúñiga in her hometown. [1]
She studied dentistry and qualified as a dental surgeon. [1]
She joined the Christian Democratic Party (PDC),where she assumed the leadership of the Women’s Department in Loncoche. [1]
In the 1965 Chilean parliamentary election,she was elected deputy for the 21st Departmental District,corresponding to Temuco,Lautaro,Imperial,Pitrufquén and Villarrica,serving between 1965 and 1969. [1] She was a member of the Permanent Commissions on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene;Housing and Urban Development;Public Health;Labor and Social Security;Constitution,Legislation and Justice;and Finance. She was also part of the Special Commission on Housing (1965–1966). [1]
Among her motions that became law were:Law No. 16.772 of 15 May 1968 on the Labor Code,Article 323,related to payment of weekly rest for certain workers;Law No. 17.093 of 6 February 1969 regarding the San Pedro settlement in San Antonio,regulating transfers to current occupants;and Law No. 17.301 of 22 April 1970,which created the Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles (JUNJI). [1]