Carlos Alberto Martínez (politician)

Carlos Alberto Martínez
Member of the Senate
In office
15 May 1945 – 15 May 1961
Constituency3rd Provincial Group – Aconcagua and Valparaíso
In office
15 May 1939 – 15 May 1945
Preceded byOscar Schnake
Succeeded byPablo Neruda
Constituency1st Provincial Group – Tarapacá and Antofagasta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1933 – 14 December 1938
Constituency7th Departmental Group – Santiago
Minister of Lands and Colonization
In office
24 December 1938 – 28 September 1939
PresidentPedro Aguirre Cerda
In office
5 June 1932 – 16 June 1932
PresidentArturo Puga Osorio
In office
14 August 1931 – 2 September 1931
PresidentJuan Esteban Montero
Personal details
Born(1885-07-18)18 July 1885
Died9 March 1972(1972-03-09) (aged 86)
PartySocialist Workers Party (1912–1922)
USRACH (1924–1928)
Nueva Acción Pública (1928–1933)
Socialist Party of Chile (1933–1969)
Independent Popular Action (1969–1972)
SpouseRosa Klein
Children6 (Carlos Alberto, Franklin, Dante, Gutenberg, Edison, and Hugo)
RelativesGutenberg Martínez (grandson)
Alma materSelf-taught; printing trades
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTypographer

Carlos Alberto Martínez Martínez (18 July 1885 – 9 March 1972) was a Chilean trade unionist, typographer and socialist politician.

He served as Deputy between 1933 and 1938, later becoming Minister of Lands and Colonization under Presidents Juan Esteban Montero, Arturo Puga Osorio and Pedro Aguirre Cerda, and as Senator from 1939 to 1961.