In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tomic and the second or maternal family name is Romero.
Radomiro Tomic Romero
Ambassador of Chile to the United States
In office 4 March 1965 – 13 April 1969
President
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Preceded by
Sergio Gutiérrez Olivos
Succeeded by
Domingo Santa María Santa Cruz
Senator of the Republic of Chile
In office 15 May 1961 – 4 March 1965
President of the National Falange
In office 1946–1947
Preceded by
Tomás Reyes Vicuña
Succeeded by
Tomás Reyes Vicuña
In office 1952–1953
Personal details
Born
(1914-05-07)7 May 1914 Calama, Chile
Died
3 January 1992(1992-01-03) (aged 77) Santiago, Chile
Political party
Falange Nacional (1938–1957) Christian Democratic Party (1957–1992)
Spouse
Olaya Errázuriz Echenique
(m. 1940)
Children
9; Amaya, Esteban, Carlos, Gabriel, Felipe, Blas, Olaya, Juan Cristóbal and Francisco
Alma mater
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Profession
Lawyer and politician
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Radomiro Tomic Romero (Calama, 7 May 1914 - Santiago de Chile, 3 January 1992) was a Chilean lawyer and politician of Croatian origin, and candidate for the presidency of the Chilean Republic in the 1970 election. He graduated as a lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). He began his political activity in the Social-Christian circles of the PUC, and was one of the co-founders of the Falange Nacional (FN, future Christian Democracy, DC) in 1938. He became president of the party in 1946–1947 and 1952–1953. He was married to Olaya Errázuriz Echenique, and together they had 9 children.
Among other activities Tomic was director of the newspaper El Tarapacá of Iquique (1937–1941) and later of the Editorial del Pacífico.
Tomic served as deputy for Arica, Pisagua and Iquique (1941–1949). When senator and poet Pablo Neruda was banned by the Ley de Defensa Permanente de la Democracia (Law for the Permanent Defense of Democracy)—which banned the Communist Party of Chile and removed numerous voters from the rolls)—Tomić won the vacated seat in a by-election. He served as senator for Tarapacá and Antofagasta (1950–1953), and then for Aconcagua and Valparaíso (1961–1965). In 1965 he resigned his senatorial seat to become Chile's ambassador to the United States (4 March 1965 – April 1968).
As leader of the progressive wing of the Christian Democrats, he was the party's presidential candidate in the 1970 election in which Salvador Allende won a plurality and, with Tomic's support, was ratified by parliament as president. Allende died three years later in the Chilean coup of 1973, which put an end to democracy in Chile for over 15 years.
As a parliamentarian and politician Tomic was a defender of Chilean sovereignty over the country's copper deposits and in the nationalization of that industry. In 1997, CODELCO named a mine in his honor.
RadomiroTomic Romero (Calama, 7 May 1914 - Santiago de Chile, 3 January 1992) was a Chilean lawyer and politician of Croatian origin, and candidate for...
The RadomiroTomic mine is an open pit mine that extracts copper oxide minerals at 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) above sea level in the Andes mountains near...
Norte is a division of Codelco that is made of the Chuquicamata and RadomiroTomic mining areas. Copper has been mined for centuries at Chuquicamata as...
a race against independent Jorge Alessandri and Christian Democrat RadomiroTomic, before having his victory confirmed by a congressional vote after the...
(approximately 29 million tonnes) of copper until the end of 2007 (excluding RadomiroTomić). Despite over 90 years of intensive exploitation, it remains one of...
had supported the coup, several were exiled. Christian Democrats like RadomiroTomic were jailed or forced into exile. Retired military personnel were named...
time, by the narrow margin of 37.3% to 35.8%, with Christian Democrat RadomiroTomić polling 27.9% on polling day, 4 September. As in 1958, the election...
a plurality of votes in a three-way contest, followed by candidates RadomiroTomic for the Christian Democrat Party and Jorge Alessandri for the Conservative...
Larraín Fernando Flores Jaime Guzmán Joaquín Lavín Osvaldo Andrade RadomiroTomic Tomás Jocelyn-Holt José Antonio Kast Giorgio Jackson Alberto Hurtado...
Collahuasi Escondida El Abra El Salvador El Teniente Los Pelambres RadomiroTomić Toquepala Cerro Verde, southeast of the city of Arequipa Ajo, Arizona...
Popular Action. Allende had two main competitors in the election — RadomiroTomic, representing the incumbent Christian Democratic party, who ran a left-wing...
the vote. Christian Democrat RadomiroTomic won 27.8% with a very similar platform to Allende's. Both Allende and Tomic promised to further nationalize...
President Jorge Alessandri with 34.9% of the votes and Christian Democrat RadomiroTomic with 27.8% of the votes. September 5 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson...
founded – along with his friends and associates, Eduardo Frei Montalva, RadomiroTomic, and José Ignacio Palma – the National Falange which merged with the...
because Christian Democrat RadomiroTomić, running on a leftist platform similar to Allende's, split the Centrist vote. Tomic and Allende together gathered...
Valdés President of the Christian Democratic Party 1989–1991 Preceded by RadomiroTomic Christian Democratic nominee for President of Chile 1989 Succeeded by...
Alessandri, a former president, with 27.8% going to a third candidate (RadomiroTomic) of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). According to the Chilean Constitution...
election against the independent Jorge Alessandri and Christian Democrat RadomiroTomic. After the inauguration, there was a period of social and political...
opponents, former President Jorge Alessandri and Christian Democrat RadomiroTomic. Under the South American nation's constitution, if no candidate received...
club is founded. 1 November – World War I: Battle of Coronel 7 May – RadomiroTomic (d. 1992) 11 May – Arturo Bucciardi (d. 1970) 5 September – Nicanor...
Chile was reflected in the laboratory that bears her name at the Liceo RadomiroTomic in Calama. Cristina was the representative of Chile as a young scientist...
US politician Michael Anthony Stepovich – former Governor of Alaska RadomiroTomic – former Chilean Deputy, Senator and Ambassador Lynne Yelich – Member...
Montalva, became President of Chile in 1964. Other notable members include RadomiroTomic and Bernardo Leighton. A more avowedly Falangist group, Movimiento Revolucionario...
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Falange Nacional (1938–1957)
Christian Democratic Party (1957–1992)
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile