Gilberto Tirado

Gilberto Tirado Gordillo was a Chilean teacher and parliamentarian affiliated with the Radical Party.
He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the XLVI Legislative Period, representing northern Chile between 1949 and 1953.

Biography

Tirado Gordillo was born on 1 December 1899, the son of Juan Tirado and Tránsito Gordillo. He studied at the Escuela Normal de Copiapó, qualifying as a primary school teacher in 1916.
He began his professional career as a teacher in Tocopilla. He later served as director of the Antofagasta School, teacher and inspector at the Escuela Normal de Copiapó, and inspector general and teacher at the School of Nitrates and Mines of Antofagasta.
He also served as deputy director of the Seasonal Schools of the University of Chile and as secretary general of the Directorate of Primary Education in 1939. Between 1948 and 1949, he held the position of Provincial Inspector of Education in Antofagasta.
He married Laura Poza Valenzuela on 19 May 1930. The couple had three children: Gilberto, Norma and Vilma.
Tirado Gordillo died in New Orleans, United States, on 31 December 1967.

Political career

A member of the Radical Party, Tirado Gordillo was elected Deputy for the 2nd Departmental Group —Antofagasta, Tocopilla, El Loa and Taltal— for the 1949–1953 parliamentary term.
During his tenure, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Works and Roads, and as a replacement member of the Committees on Finance, Public Education, and Constitution, Legislation and Justice.
Within the Radical Party, he served as secretary of the Tocopilla and Antofagasta party assemblies, delegate to the party’s Central Board in Antofagasta, secretary general of the party, and private secretary to presidential candidate Pedro Aguirre Cerda during his campaign tour of northern Chile. He was also president of the National Front of Radical Teachers of Chile.