14 Facts About Clotario Blest

Clotario Blest was born on 17 November 1899 in Santiago.

Clotario Blest's mother was Leopoldina Riffo Bustos who was a primary school teacher.

Clotario Blest had two siblings a brother, Fernando and a sister, Leopoldina.

The paternal grandfather of Clorario Clotario Blest was the Irish immigrant William Clotario Blest.

The writers Guillermo and Alberto Clotario Blest Gana were born out of Guillermo Clotario Blest's first marriage.

Clotario Blest then enrolled in the Seminario de Concepcion to study theology, where he was supervised by Alfredo Cifuentes Gomez.

In 1921 when Clotario Blest returned to Santiago his mother was school director, his sister Leopoldina studied in Escuela Normalista, and his brother Fernando continued a military career.

Clotario Blest begun to be engaged in social causes in the 1920s.

Clotario Blest did join the political party Partido Popular that was created by Bartolome Palacios Silva.

Clotario Blest worked as salesman of castor oil, lawyer assistant and in a drug store before entering to work in Servicio de Tesorerias.

From 1922 onwards Clotario Blest was a civil servant at Tesoreria General de la Republica.

The law did however not permit for the formation of trade unions so Clotario Blest decided to found a sports association in 1938 which was named Asociacion Deportiva de Instituciones Publicas.

Clotario Blest was elected president of ANEF and held this position for 15 years.

Clotario Blest held no official role in the UP government of Salvador Allende limiting himself to express concern about the need of unity among the workers.