Bernardo Berenger Delom was an Argentine socialist politician and organizer of cooperative movements. He was born on August 19, 1884. [1] He was an electrician by profession. [1] He served as treasurer of the Socialist Party, [1] and he represented the party in the Executive Committee of the Labour and Socialist International between August 1928 and February 1934. [2]
He eventually moved away from party politics, and became a leading figure in the cooperative movement. [1] He served as chairman of the Argentine Federation of Consumer Co-operatives. [3] He represented the Argentine cooperative movement in the International Cooperative Alliance. [4] He was a board member of El Hogar Obrero cooperative. [4] [5] He published the journal El cooperativismo, and authored El cooperativismo en la escuela ('Cooperativism in the School') and El ABC del empleado cooperativo ('The ABC for the Cooperative Employee'). [4]
At the 1953 General Assembly of the organization Delom and other non-Peronist officials of the Argentine Federation of Consumer Co-operatives were removed from their posts. [6] Delom went into exile. [6] He died on July 15, 1956. [1]
The Bernardo Delom Popular Library was founded on July 15, 1958. [7] In 1959 the City of Buenos Aires named a square in Villa Lugano after Delom ( 34°40′12″S58°28′45″W / 34.670080°S 58.479030°W ). [4] [8]