Wladimir Chávez

Wladimir Lenin Chávez Rodríguez was a Chilean primary school teacher and Communist Party politician who disappeared during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.

Biography

Wladimir Lenin Chávez Rodríguez was born on 7 December 1939 in Bulnes to Néstor Chávez and Graciela Rodríguez. He married Carmen Liliana Baroni López. He trained as a primary school teacher and entered politics in 1960 by joining the Communist Party, serving as local secretary in Penco and regional secretary in Concepción.
He served as Intendant of the O’Higgins Region from 4 November 1970 to 21 January 1972, then as Intendant of Concepción until 27 October 1972. In 1973, he was elected to the Party’s Central Committee and became Deputy.

Legislative term 1973

In 1973, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of ChileDeputy for the Ninth Departamental Group –Rancagua, Cachapoal, Caupolicán and San Vicente. He served on the Permanent Commission for Agriculture and Colonization during his term. His mandate was cut short by the coup on 11 September 1973, followed by the dissolution of the National Congress under Decree-Law 27 on 21 September.

Fate after the coup

Following the coup, he was presumed dead; there are no confirmed records of his fate. His disappearance remains unresolved.