# Samuel Astorga

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**Samuel Ernesto Astorga Jorquera** (26 November 1927 – 28 May 2020) was a Chilean [politician](/source/Politician) affiliated first with the [Falange Nacional](/source/Falange_Nacional) and later with the [Christian Democratic Party](/source/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Chile)) (PDC). He served as mayor of [Iquique](/source/Iquique) (1963–1964) and as a [deputy](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile) for Arica, Iquique and Pisagua (1965–1969).[1]

## Biography

Astorga was born in [Santiago](/source/Santiago_de_Chile) on 26 November 1927, the son of Samuel Astorga Figueroa and Ester Jorquera Monge. He completed his primary and secondary schooling at the Liceo de Hombres in [Iquique](/source/Iquique) and later studied automotive mechanics at the Escuela de Artesanos in the same city.

He worked in the Tarapacá and Antofagasta nitrate companies and in the fertilizer trade. A member of the [Falange Nacional](/source/Falange_Nacional) from 1941, he was among the founders of the [Central Única de Trabajadores](/source/Central_%C3%9Anica_de_Trabajadores_de_Chile) (CUT) in Tarapacá. For his union activities he was relegated to [Pisagua](/source/Pisagua,_Chile) during the second presidency of [Carlos Ibáñez del Campo](/source/Carlos_Ib%C3%A1%C3%B1ez_del_Campo).

In 1956 he joined the newly formed [Christian Democratic Party](/source/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Chile)). He was elected regidor (councillor) of Iquique (1956–1964) and then mayor of the city (1963–1964).

In the [1965 parliamentary elections](/source/1965_Chilean_parliamentary_election), he was elected deputy for Arica, Iquique and Pisagua (1965–1969), serving on the permanent commission on Mining and Industries.

During the [military dictatorship](/source/Military_dictatorship_of_Chile_(1973%E2%80%931990)), he worked as secretary-general of the Central Independiente de Trabajadores.

In 2008 he was awarded a diploma for his long political trajectory during the 51st anniversary of the Christian Democratic Party in Iquique.

He died in Santiago on 28 May 2020 at the age of 92.[2]

## References

1. ["Reseña Biográfica Parlamentaria: Samuel Astorga Jorquera"](http://historiapolitica.bcn.cl/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Samuel_Ernesto_Astorga_Jorquera). *Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile*. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

1. ["A los 93 años fallece Samuel Astorga Jorquera, ex regidor, ex alcalde de Iquique, ex diputado y fundador de la CUT"](https://edicioncero.cl/2020/05/a-los-93-anos-fallece-samuel-astorga-jorquera-ex-regidor-ex-alcalde-de-iquique-ex-diputado-y-fundador-de-la-cut/) (in Spanish). *Edición Cero*. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

## External links

- [BCN Profile](https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Samuel_Ernesto_Astorga_Jorquera)

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