Carlos Chacón Galindo Explained

Carlos Chacón Galindo
Birth Date:12 December 1934
Birth Place:Cusco, Peru
Death Place:Lima, Peru
Party:Alliance for Progress
Office:Provincial Mayor of Cusco Province
Term Start:1 January 1967
Term End:31 December 1969
Successor:Military rule
Term Start1:1 January 1987
Term End1:31 December 1989
Predecessor1:Daniel Estrada
Successor1:Daniel Estrada

Carlos Chacón Galindo (12 December 1934 – 17 February 2021) was a Peruvian politician.[1] He served as Provincial Mayor for Cusco Province from 1967 to 1969 and again from 1987 to 1989.

Biography

Galindo studied at the and the National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco, where he served as the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Livestock from 1969 to 1974.[2] He also worked for the César Vallejo University beginning in the mid-2000s.[3] [4]

In the, Galindo ran for Provincial Mayor of Cusco Province as part of the coalition between the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance and the Odriist National Union, which he won with 43.299% of the vote. Twenty years later, he ran again for the seat of Provincial Mayor in the . He won the seat once again, defeating United Left candidate Daniel Estrada. In the 1990 Peruvian general election, he ran for the Congress of the Republic of Peru, but failed to earn a seat after receiving only 1369 votes. In 2006, he ran for Congress again, hoping to represent the Department of Cuzco, but was again defeated after earning 950 votes.[5]

Carlos Chacón Galindo died in Lima on 17 February 2021 at the age of 86.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Condolencias por el fallecimiento del Sr. Carlos Chacón Galindo. 17 February 2021. Cámara Comercio de Cusco. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Galería de decanos. Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia. Spanish. 2021-02-19. 2019-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228221056/http://faz.unsaac.edu.pe/LIBRORO/decanos/decano05.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: Estudia en el Perú. Universidad César Vallejo. Spanish. 2021-02-19. 2017-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170618230058/http://www.ucv.edu.pe/datafiles/pdf/orci/triptico_EXTRANJERO_ORCI-LIMA_para_WEB.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Estudiantes de intercambio reciben emotiva ceremonia de despedida. 23 December 2016. Universidad César Vallejo. Spanish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190806002712/https://www.ucv.edu.pe/noticias/emotiva-ceremonia-de-despedida-a-estudiantes-de-intercambio-de-ucv-lima-este-y-a. 6 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Carlos Chacon Galindo. Infogob. Spanish.