Gustavo Silva Pizarro

Gustavo Silva Pizarro
Gustavo Silva Pizarro
6th Mayor of Pichilemu
	In office; 4 May 1915 – 4 May 1924
Preceded by	José Santos Becerra
Succeeded by	Luis Barahona Fornés
Personal details
Born	1884
Died	1960
Nationality	Chilean
Residence(s)	Pichilemu, Chile
Alma mater	University of Chile
Occupation	Public worker

Gustavo Silva Pizarro (1884 — 1960) was a Chilean lawyer, political scientist and the sixth Mayor of the commune of Pichilemu, office which he held for nine years between May 1915 and May 1924.

Biography

Gustavo Silva Pizarro obtained a degree in Law and Political Sciences from the University of Chile on 15 November 1909, subsequently becoming a lawyer.^[1]

He married Lucía Silva Henríquez, sister of Catholic Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, with whom he had nine children: Raúl, Lucía, Teresa, Patricio, Enrique, Ricardo, Bernardo (married with Mónica Donoso Flores), Andrés (married with Yolanda Oelkers Robles), and Mercedes (married with Hugo Donoso Donoso).^[2]

Political career and mayorship of Pichilemu

Gustavo Silva Pizarro was elected mayor (primer alcalde) of Pichilemu in 1915 for a three-year term, and re-elected for the 1918–21 and 1921–24 terms. In the 1924 election, Luis Barahona Fornés was elected mayor and Silva Pizarro was relegated to a regidor office for the 1924–1927 term.^[3]^[4]

During Silva Pizarro's tenure as mayor of Pichilemu, on 2 January 1919, the municipality contracted for the first time a doctor, Joaquín Browne, to provide health services for the commune.^[5]

Works

Estudio sobre la institución jurídica de los retractos (1909), Impr. y Enc. Victoria^[6]

References

^ "Boletín de instrucción pública". Anales de la Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile: 280. 1909. Prévias las formalidades reglamentarias i el juramento requerido, el señor Rector confirió los siguientes títulos i grados: (...) Licenciados en Leyes i Ciencias Políticas: A don Luis Santiago Díaz Villalón, Antonio Montero Rojas, A don Alejandro Pérez Luceros, Cárlos Ramíre Baeza, i Gustavo Silva Pizarro.
^ Silva Silva, M. Jaime (1988). La Casa de Silva en Chile (in Spanish). Chile. Lucía Silva Henríquez, casó con Gustavo Silva Pizarro, de donde provienen Raúl, Lucía, Teresa, Patricio, Enrique, Ricardo, Bernardo, que casó con Mónica Donoso Flores; Andrés y Mercedes Silva Silva, los dos últimos casan con Yolanda Oelkers Robles y Hugo Donoso Donoso, respectivamente.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Saldías, Washington (2 August 2007). "Alcaldes, regidores y concejales de la comuna de Pichilemu". Pichilemu News (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
^ Saldías, Antonio (22 December 2006). "Cuarenta y un alcaldes en 115 años de vida comunal han pasado por el municipio pichilemino". Pichilemu News (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
^ Arraño Acevedo, José (1976). "Recuerdos hospitalarios de Pichilemu" (in Spanish). [...] solo el día 2 de Enero de 1919, el cuerpo de regidores dirigidos por el alcalde Gustavo Silva Pizarro toma el acuerdo de contratar los servicios de un médico: el Dr. Joaquín Browne." ("Only on 2 January 1919, the regidores body directed by mayor Gustavo Silva Pizarro agreed to contract the services of a physician: Doctor Joaquín Browne.")
^ "Acción pauliana : lijero estudio sobre el artículo 2468 del Código civil /" (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Library of the National Congress of Chile. 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by José Santos Becerra	Mayor of Pichilemu 1915–1924	Succeeded by Luis Barahona Fornés

[1] "Boletín de instrucción pública". Anales de la Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile: 280. 1909. Prévias las formalidades reglamentarias i el juramento requerido, el señor Rector confirió los siguientes títulos i grados: (...) Licenciados en Leyes i Ciencias Políticas: A don Luis Santiago Díaz Villalón, Antonio Montero Rojas, A don Alejandro Pérez Luceros, Cárlos Ramíre Baeza, i Gustavo Silva Pizarro.

[2] Silva Silva, M. Jaime (1988). La Casa de Silva en Chile (in Spanish). Chile. Lucía Silva Henríquez, casó con Gustavo Silva Pizarro, de donde provienen Raúl, Lucía, Teresa, Patricio, Enrique, Ricardo, Bernardo, que casó con Mónica Donoso Flores; Andrés y Mercedes Silva Silva, los dos últimos casan con Yolanda Oelkers Robles y Hugo Donoso Donoso, respectivamente.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[alcaldes-3] Saldías, Washington (2 August 2007). "Alcaldes, regidores y concejales de la comuna de Pichilemu". Pichilemu News (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

[4] Saldías, Antonio (22 December 2006). "Cuarenta y un alcaldes en 115 años de vida comunal han pasado por el municipio pichilemino". Pichilemu News (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

[5] Arraño Acevedo, José (1976). "Recuerdos hospitalarios de Pichilemu" (in Spanish). [...] solo el día 2 de Enero de 1919, el cuerpo de regidores dirigidos por el alcalde Gustavo Silva Pizarro toma el acuerdo de contratar los servicios de un médico: el Dr. Joaquín Browne." ("Only on 2 January 1919, the regidores body directed by mayor Gustavo Silva Pizarro agreed to contract the services of a physician: Doctor Joaquín Browne.")

[6] "Acción pauliana : lijero estudio sobre el artículo 2468 del Código civil /" (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Library of the National Congress of Chile. 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

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