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Vicente Sota

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Vicente Sota
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
3 November 1994 – 14 March 1995
Preceded byJorge Schaulsohn
Succeeded byJaime Estévez
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 1990 – 11 March 1998
Succeeded byJaime Jiménez Villavicencio
ConstituencyDistrict 31
In office
15 May 1965 – 15 May 1969
ConstituencyDepartment 7, district 1
Personal details
Born(1924-04-24)24 April 1924
Talca
Died16 August 2017(2017-08-16) (aged 93)
NationalityChilean
Political partyParty for Democracy (since 1987)
Other political
affiliations
National Falange (1940–57)
Christian Democratic Party (1957–69)
Popular Unitary Action Movement (1969–73)
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
Occupationpolitician
Professionindustrial engineer

Vicente Agustín Sota Barros (24 April 1924 – 16 August 2017) was a Chilean politician. He served two stints in the Chamber of Deputies, first from 1965 to 1969 and again from 1990 to 1998.

Career

Born in Talca on 28 April 1924, he earned a degree in industrial engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[1] Sota joined the National Falange in 1940, and upon the party's dissolution in 1957, became a member of the Christian Democratic Party. While affiliated with the PDC, Sota served in the Chamber of Deputies as a representative of central Santiago between 1965 and 1969. Shortly after the end of his first term in office, Sota cofounded the Popular Unitary Action Movement. Sota left Chile for France after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, where he spent thirteen years until returning to Chile in March 1986. The next year, Sota co-founded the Party for Democracy. He won two more parliamentary elections after joining the PPD, in 1989 and 1993, representing district 31, which covered portions of Santiago from 1990 to 1998. Between November 1994 and March 1995, Sota served as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Falleció Vicente Sota Barros uno de los fundadores del PPD" (in Spanish). Party for Democracy. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. ^ "A los 93 años muere Vicente Sota ex diputado por Melipilla y Talagante" (in Spanish). Radio Prensa. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Falleció Vicente Sota, ex presidente de la Cámara de Diputados". Economía y negocios (in Spanish). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.