Florencio Durán

Chilean physician, lawyer, and politician

Florencio Durán Bernales


42nd President of the Senate of Chile
In office 27 May 1941 (1941-05-27) – 23 May 1944 (1944-05-23)
Senator for O'Higgins and Colchagua
In office 15 May 1937 (1937-05-15) – 15 May 1953 (1953-05-15)
Deputy for Rancagua, Caupolicán and Cachapoal
In office 15 March 1930 (1930-03-15) – 15 May 1937 (1937-05-15)

Personal details
Born	(1893-01-11)11 January 1893 Rancagua, Chile
Died	16 March 1978(1978-03-16) (aged 85) Santiago, Chile

Florencio Durán Bernales (1893-1978) was a Chilean physician, lawyer, and politician.^[1] As member of the Radical Party of Chile he served as President of the Senate of Chile from 1941 to 1944.^[2] He ran also as pre-candidate for the Radical Party in 1942 but lost to Juan Antonio Ríos, who then won the elections.

References

^ Martínez, Hugo Tagle (1996). Manual 107 Curso de historia del Derecho Constitucional Vol. 3 (in Spanish). Editorial Jurídica de Chile. p. 193. ISBN 978-956-10-1139-7.
^ Francis, Michael J. (1977). The Limits of Hegemony: United States Relations with Argentina and Chile During World War II. University of Notre Dame Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-268-01260-1.

Preceded by

Miguel Cruchaga

President of the Senate of Chile
1941–1944

Succeeded by

Pedro Opazo

Presidents of the Senate of Chile

Pre-Republican Chile
(1812–1833)

Patria Vieja (1812–14)	Vivar (1812–13) Henríquez (1813) Egaña (1813) Ruiz-Tagle (1813–14)
Patria Nueva (1818–23)	O'Higgins Period (1818–23) Eyzaguirre (1822–23) Ruiz-Tagle (1823)
Organization of the Republic (1823–29)	Elizondo (1826) Vial del Río (1823–24) Eyzaguirre (1824–25) Egaña (1825–27) Freire (1827) B. del Solar Marín (1827–28) Fariñas Ugalde (1827–28) Vicuña (1829) Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830

First Republic
1833 Constitution
(1833–1925)

Conservative Period (1831–61)	Errázuriz Aldunate (1833–34) Cienfuegos (1834–35) Vial Santelices (1835–37) Benavente (1837) Elizondo (1837–39) J. del Solar Marín (1839–40) Gandarillas (1839–40) Benavente (1841–42) J. Urrutia Manzano (1842–43) Alcalde Bascuñán (1843–44) Formas (1844) Ortúzar Formas (1844–45) J. del Solar Marín (1845–46) Vial del Río (1846) Pinto (1846–51) Vial Formas (1851–52) Pérez (1852–53) Lazcano Mujica (1853–54) Subercaseaux Mercado (1854–55) Urmeneta (1855–56) Larraín (1856–57) Benavente (1857–58) Alcalde Bascuñán (1858–59) Cosuiño (1859–61)
Liberal Period (1861–91)	Correa de Saa (1861–63) Cosuiño (1863–64) Torres de Velasco (1864–65) Matte Messia (1865–66) Ossa Mercado (1865–67) Concha y Toro (1867–68) de Borja (1868–69) Errázuriz (1869–70) Correa de Saa (1870–71) Vicuña (1871–72) Borgoño (1872–73) Concha y Cerda (1873–75) Aldunate (1875–76) A. Reyes Cotapos (1876–77) Matte Messia (1877–78) Valdés (1878–79) Lastarria (1879–80) Vicuña Mackenna (1880–82) Vial Formas (1882–84) Martínez Cuadros (1984) Varas (1884–85) Altamirano (1885–86) A. Ibáñez (1886–87) Castillo Andueza (1887–88) Vicuña Guerrero (1888–89) Reyes Palazuelos (1889–90) Covarrubias (1890–91) A. Matte Pérez (1891)
Parliamentary Period (1891–25)	Silva (1891–92) Gandarillas (1892–93) Reyes Palazuelos (1893–94) S. Sanfuentes (1894–95) Reyes Palazuelos (1896) Barros Luco (1896–97) Lazcano (1897–98) Edwards (1898) J. Errázuriz Echaurren (1898–00) Blanco (1900–02) Valdés Cuevas (1902–03) Lazcano (1903–04) Rozas Garfias (1904–05) Puga (1905–06) Sanfuentes (1906–07) R. Matte (1907–08) Reyes Palazuelos (1908) Escobar (1908–09) Reyes Palazuelos (1909) Vergara Ruíz (1909) R. Matte (1909–12) Valdés Vergara (1912–13) Aldunate Solar (1913–14) Ochagavía (1914–15) Charme (1915–18) Tocornal (1918–19) Claro (1920–24) Yáñez (1924)