Carlos Altamirano | |
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| General Secretary of the Chilean Socialist Party | |
| In office 1971–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Aniceto Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Clodomiro Almeyda |
| Member of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 15 May 1965 – 21 September 1973 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 15 May 1961 – 15 May 1965 | |
| Undersecretary of Finances | |
| In office 1953–1954 | |
| Appointed by | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Urzúa Moreno |
| Succeeded by | Arturo Fontaine Aldunate |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1922 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 19 May 2019 (aged 96)[1] Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Silvia Celis (div.) Paulina Violler |
| Children | Three |
| Parent(s) | Carlos Altamirano Rodríguez Sara Orrego Puelma |
| Relatives | Luis Altamirano (uncle-grandfather) Eulogio Altamirano |
Carlos Altamirano Orrego (18 December 1922 – 19 May 2019) [2][3]was a Chilean lawyer and socialist politician.
Altamirano was the General Secretary of the Chilean Socialist Party (PS) between 1971 and 1979. Before that, he was deputy from 1961 to 1965 and senator from 1965 to 1973. He fled Chile after Augusto Pinochet's coup d'état in 1973, and was exiled in Cuba, East Germany and France until 1993.