He was born in Talca, the son of Ursicino Opaso and Margarita Letelier. He completed his studies in his native city, and then attended the Universidad de Chile, where he became a physician. He started his political career as the first mayor of the city of Río Claro. In 1920 Opaso was named minister in several occasions as a representative of the Democratic Liberal Party. He was elected a deputy for Curicó (1921–1924) and a Senator for Talca (1924–1930) and Talca, Linares and Curico (1930–1932).
At the time of the collapse of the first administration of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo in 1931, he was the President of the Senate. As such he took over as provisional vice president. He assumed on July 26, and that same night he formed his cabinet, headed by Juan Esteban Montero as interior minister and Pedro Blanquier, the other key player, as Finance minister.
When the ministers arrived on the next morning, Opaso resigned by decree on Montero. His entire administration had lasted less than 24 hours. The speed he demonstrated to get rid of the power earned him the nickname of The Relayer (Spanish: El Pasador), that accompanied him till his death.
After his very brief administration, he was elected Senator for Curicó, Talca, Maule y Linares (1933–1949) and again President of the Senate in 1944. He died in Santiago in 1957.
pedro, opaso, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, opaso, second, maternal, family, name, letelier, letelier, july, 1876, april, 1957, chilean, politician, provisional, vice, president, chile, 1931, acting, president, chilein, office, july, 1931, 193. In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Opaso and the second or maternal family name is Letelier Pedro Opaso Letelier July 20 1876 April 9 1957 was a Chilean politician and provisional vice president of Chile in 1931 1 Pedro OpasoActing President of ChileIn office July 26 1931 1931 07 26 July 27 1931 1931 07 27 Preceded byCarlos Ibanez del CampoSucceeded byJuan Esteban MonteroPersonal detailsBornPedro Opaso Letelier 1876 07 20 July 20 1876Talca ChileDiedApril 9 1957 1957 04 09 aged 80 Santiago ChilePolitical partyUnited LiberalParent s Ursicino OpasoMargarita LetelierAlma materUniversity of Chile He was born in Talca the son of Ursicino Opaso and Margarita Letelier He completed his studies in his native city and then attended the Universidad de Chile where he became a physician He started his political career as the first mayor of the city of Rio Claro In 1920 Opaso was named minister in several occasions as a representative of the Democratic Liberal Party He was elected a deputy for Curico 1921 1924 and a Senator for Talca 1924 1930 and Talca Linares and Curico 1930 1932 At the time of the collapse of the first administration of Carlos Ibanez del Campo in 1931 he was the President of the Senate As such he took over as provisional vice president He assumed on July 26 and that same night he formed his cabinet headed by Juan Esteban Montero as interior minister and Pedro Blanquier the other key player as Finance minister When the ministers arrived on the next morning Opaso resigned by decree on Montero His entire administration had lasted less than 24 hours The speed he demonstrated to get rid of the power earned him the nickname of The Relayer Spanish El Pasador that accompanied him till his death After his very brief administration he was elected Senator for Curico Talca Maule y Linares 1933 1949 and again President of the Senate in 1944 He died in Santiago in 1957 Political offices Preceded byRegulo Valenzuela Minister of War and Navy1920 Succeeded byLadislao Errazuriz Preceded byEnrique Oyarzun President of the Senate of Chile1930 1932 Succeeded byAlberto Cabero Preceded byCarlos Ibanez del Campo Vice President of Chile1931 Succeeded byJuan Esteban Montero Preceded byFlorencio Duran President of the Senate of Chile1944 Succeeded byJose Francisco UrrejolaReferences edit Chile BCN Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de February 6 2020 Pedro Opaso Letelier Resenas biograficas parlamentarias bcn cl nbsp This article about a Chilean politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pedro Opaso amp oldid 1204190474, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
