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″S 58°28′45″W / 34.670080°S 58.479030°W / -34.670080; -58.479030).[4][8]