Table of Biography
Gabriel González Videla is a former member of the Radical party politician and a former lawyer. Moreover, Gabriel González was the President of Chile from 1946 to 1952.
Early life
Gabriel González Videla was born on 22nd November 1898 in the coastal city of La Serena. He was born to his parents González Castillo and Teresa Videla Zepeda. He was the oldest among his seven siblings and was of Spanish descent. He graduated from Liceo de La Serena and later joined the University of Chile to study law. However, his father got paralyzed due to tragedy in the same year of his graduation. Due to his father’s disability, he had to return to La Serena to help his family.
Gabriel González joined Radical Party youth during his college years. Likewise, later he became a member of the Radical Assembly of La Serena. In 1924 he was involved in protests against the military government established by Luis Altamirano. Gonzalez had to go into hiding after he made a declaration with the president. However, he was able to continue his political activities after the Ibáñez’s government fell in 1931 and became the president of the radical party from 1931-1837.
Career and professional life
In 1946 Gabriel finally won the Radical party primaries. Gabriel González made a decision to bring back the Democratic Alliance that brought Juan Antonio Ríos to power in 1942. However, he was unsuccessful as the Socialist Party denounced the offer of alliance. Likewise, Gonzalez was only able to get support from his Radical Party and the Communist Party. However, Gonzalez won 40% of the vote Since González did not reach the necessary 50%, the election went to Congress. He was luckily confirmed on October 24 that year.
Gabriel González was elected as the President of Chile in 1946. Due to the International cold war, Chile quickly got tangled in the Cold War because of the Moscow and Washington affair. The cold war resulted in the splitting of the worker’s union. Even with the presidential power, Gonzalez had a fallout with his Communist allies. The communists demanded more seats which he refused. Later the communist party refused their support. Moreover, in 1948 he learned of a plot by some members of the Armed Forces to lead a coup against him and install Carlos Ibáñez as president.
Despite his popularity and fame, he has not received any brand endorsement deals as of now. However, it is possible that in near future, he might start to endorse brands.
Caption: President Gabriel González in a press meeting Source: BCN
Retirement and Death
After his presidency ended in 1952, He was mentioned in 1958 in the party primaries. However, later he announced that he would not seek the presidency. Later, he actively campaigned as a Radical candidate.
When the work was over he completely retired and later died of cardiac arrest in 1964 at the age of 81.
Achievements and Net worth
He has been able to achieve a lot throughout his career. Moreover, he has been elected for the post of president of the country.
He is a former member of the Radical party politician and a former lawyer. Moreover, Gabrial was the President of Chile from 1946 to 1952. Moreover, his estimated net worth is supposed to be around 100k USD to 1 million USD.
Relationship status
Gabriel González was married. He was married to Rosa Markmann in 1926. He had a lot of controversies for his about-face. he also had a lot of controversies for his presidential decisions.
Gabriel Gonzalez – Body measurements
Gabriel’s body measurements are unknown. However, he has a pair of dark brown colored eyes and has light brown hair.
The former president, he doesn’t have any social media accounts. Likewise, in his time there wasn’t anything like Instagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms.