Immanuel Holger

Immanuel Holger
Immanuel Holger
Predecessor	Alberto Carrasco García
Successor	Esteban Iturra Pacheco
Political party	Independent

Immanuel Holger Torres was a Chilean soldier and politician.

Career

He served as Undersecretariat of the Chilean Navy between 1937 and 1938. During his tenure he passed the "cruise ship law".^[1]

Additionally, he served as minister of the Interior under the government of president Gabriel González Videla, in two terms: from August 2, 1947, to July 7, 1948,^[2] and from August 25, 1948, to February 27, 1950. He shut down the miners strikes in Lota in October 1947, declaring the provinces of Concepción and Arauco in a state of emergency.^[3] He was accused of a constitutional violation in November 1947, which was rejected by a wide majority in the Chamber of Deputies.^[4]

Later, he was head of the Naval Mission in Washington, D.C. (1950)^[5] and intendant of the province of Concepción (1958).

References

^ Zunino, Daniella; Lüders, Marily (19 March 2005). "La Ley del Cobre en la mira, los disparos de los economistas". El Mercurio. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ Anales de la República (in Spanish). Andrés Bello. 1951. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ Pavilack, Jody (2011). Mining for the Nation: The Politics of Chile's Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03769-1. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ Loveman, Brian; Lira, Elizabeth (2000). Las ardientes cenizas del olvido: vía chilena de reconciliación política 1932-1994 (in Spanish). Lom Ediciones. ISBN 978-956-282-287-9. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ Fagandini González, Piero (2012). "Chilarco" (PDF). Revismar 2/2012 (2).

Preceded by: Guillermo Troncoso Palacios	Subsecretario de Marina 1937-1938	Followed by: Carlos Herrera Acevedo

[1] Zunino, Daniella; Lüders, Marily (19 March 2005). "La Ley del Cobre en la mira, los disparos de los economistas". El Mercurio. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[2] Anales de la República (in Spanish). Andrés Bello. 1951. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[3] Pavilack, Jody (2011). Mining for the Nation: The Politics of Chile's Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03769-1. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[4] Loveman, Brian; Lira, Elizabeth (2000). Las ardientes cenizas del olvido: vía chilena de reconciliación política 1932-1994 (in Spanish). Lom Ediciones. ISBN 978-956-282-287-9. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[5] Fagandini González, Piero (2012). "Chilarco" (PDF). Revismar 2/2012 (2).

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