Tomás Solís
Tomás Enrique Solís Nova (28 September 1934 – 11 September 2026) was a Chilean teacher and politician, who was a member of the Communist Party of Chile.
Solís served as Deputy for the 10th Departamental Group during the XLVI Legislative Period (1969–1973).
Early life
Solís was born in Coelemu on 28 September 1934. He studied at local rural schools and later attended the Juan Madrid Normal School of Chillán, graduating as a normalist teacher. Early on, he became active in the Communist Youth of Chile, while also teaching and working as a union activist.
Political career
Between 1963 and 1969 he served as a regidor of Concepción, occasionally acting as deputy mayor. In the 1969 elections he was elected Deputy for the 10th Departmental Group. He served until 1973, participating in the Permanent Commission of Public Works and Transport, and presented several motions that became law.
After the 1973 coup d'état, he went into exile in Hungary, where he became president of the Chilean exile community. Returning to Chile in the 1990s, he was later elected mayor of the newly created commune of Chiguayante, serving from 1996 to 2012.
Death
Solís died on 11 September 2026, at the age of 91.