Vicente Sota

Vicente Sota
Vicente Sota
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
	In office; 3 November 1994 – 14 March 1995
Preceded by	Jorge Schaulsohn
Succeeded by	Jaime Estévez
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1998
Succeeded by	Jaime Jiménez Villavicencio
Constituency	District 31
	In office; 15 May 1965 – 15 May 1969
Constituency	Department 7, district 1
Personal details
Born	24 April 1924; Talca
Died	16 August 2017 (aged 93)
Nationality	Chilean
Political party	Party for Democracy (since 1987)
Other political; affiliations	National Falange (1940–57); Christian Democratic Party (1957–69); Popular Unitary Action Movement (1969–73)
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Occupation	politician
Profession	industrial 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

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

[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.

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