Víctor Barberis Yori
Víctor Héctor Barberis Yori (10 July 1930 – 2018) was a Chilean pediatrician and politician, member of the Socialist Party of Chile. He served as a deputy during the last months of the Chilean National Congress before its dissolution in 1973.
Biography
Víctor Barberis was born in Curicó, on 10 July 1930, the son of José Víctor Barberis (1899–1963) and Herminia Sabina Yori Garrone (1902–1997). He studied at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera in Santiago, and earned a medical degree specialising in pediatric curative medicine for insurance employees from the University of Chile.
His thesis was titled Fracture of the pelvis in children. As a medical student, he served as assistant in Anatomy, Health Education, and Pediatrics, and in 1952 he received a poetry award at the «Student Festival».
He practiced at Hospital Arriarán and in the medical service of the Ferrobádminton football club. He was active in university politics as head of the Radical University Group and was a delegate to the University Council and to the World Youth Rights Congress in Vienna.
From 1954 to 1955, he served as president of the Student Federation of the University of Chile (FECh), led Chile’s delegation to the Latin American Student Congress in Montevideo, and presided over the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research.
Legislative term 1973
In 1973, Barberis was elected Deputy for the Socialist Party in the complementary election, representing Santiago’s First District. He served on the Permanent Health Commission. His term ended following the military coup of 11 September 1973 and the subsequent decree that dissolved Congress on 21 September.