Tomás Mora

Tomás Mora Pineda (Concepción, 29 September 1896 – 12 November 1943) was a Chilean lawyer, academic, and politician.

He served as Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the University of Concepción from 1939 to 1943 and as Minister of Justice under President Pedro Aguirre Cerda from 1941 to 1942.

Biography

Mora completed his primary and secondary education at the Normal School of Chillán, graduating as a teacher. He subsequently studied law at the Fiscal Law Course of Concepción, while simultaneously working as secretary of the Provincial Inspectorate of Primary Education and of the Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Concepción. He received his law degree on 28 May 1920.

In March 1929, he was appointed professor of public finance and statistics at the newly established Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the University of Concepción, where he also taught political economy and economic policy. In 1932, he became professor of criminal law and forensic medicine at the same faculty.

He was among the first contributors to the university's Revista de Derecho (Law Review), founded in 1933.

Following the resignation of Alberto Coddou, Mora was elected Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences in 1939, serving until his death in 1943.

In 1941, he was appointed Director-General of the Civil Registry Service.

Political career

A member of the Radical Party of Chile, Mora was appointed Minister of Justice by President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, serving from 6 October 1941 to 2 April 1942.

He died in Concepción on 12 November 1943.

Bibliography

• Pérez Cofré, Samuel; Rozas Schuffeneger, Sandra. La Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales de la Universidad de Concepción, 1865–2015. Imprenta Diario El Sur S.A., November 2015.