Julieta Campusano

Julieta Campusano (31 May 1918 11 June 1991) was a Chilean politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Chile. Campusano was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.[1]

In 1944 the Chilean Federation of Women's Institution (FECHIF) was founded, with Campusano as one of its leaders. In 1947, Campusano was elected municipal councilor in Santiago de Chile.[2]

Campusano went into exile after the September 11, 1973 coup d'état. In the 1980s she returned to Chile, but was arrested.[3] In May 1987, she was sentenced to banishment to Sierra Gorda in northern Chile.[4] She died of cancer in 1991.

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