Arnaldo Rodríguez Lazo
Arnaldo Rodríguez Lazo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1949 – 15 May 1957 | |
| Constituency | 7th Departamental Grouping (Santiago, 2nd District) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 22, 1900 |
| Died | November 2, 1979 (aged 78) |
| Party | Agrarian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Adriana de Beaumont Portales Lilly Judith Martínez Betancourt |
| Children | Luis Fernando Rodríguez Martínez |
| Parent(s) | Amadeo Rodríguez y Valdés María Sara Lazo y Oportot |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Lawyer and politician |
Arnaldo Amadeo Rodríguez Lazo (22 November 1900 – 2 November 1979) was a Chilean lawyer and politician, and a member of the Agrarian Labor Party. He served as a deputy for the 7th Departamental Grouping of Santiago during two consecutive legislative periods between 1949 and 1957.
Biography
Rodríguez was born in Lebu on 22 November 1900, the son of Amadeo Rodríguez y Valdés and María Sara Lazo y Oportot.[1] He was the brother of Raúl Rodríguez Lazo, a leader of the Conservative Party of Chile and later Minister of Lands and Colonization during the government of General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.
He completed his secondary studies at the Liceo de Linares and at the Seminary of Talca. He then enrolled in the Law School of the University of Chile, graduating as a lawyer in 1930 with a thesis titled «El Servicio Militar obligatorio». He died in Santiago on 2 November 1979.
Political and professional career
Rodríguez was a founding member of the Agrarian Labor Party. He served as secretary-general, general director and district president for the 2nd District of Santiago.[2]
In the 1949 Chilean parliamentary election, he was elected deputy for the 7th Departamental Grouping (Santiago, 2nd District) for the 1949–1953 term. He served as a replacement member of the Standing Committee on Government Interior and on the Committee on Public Education, and was a full member of the Committees on Labor and Social Legislation and on Police and Regulations.
He was re-elected for the 1953–1957 term, again representing the same constituency. During this period he sat on the Standing Committees on Government Interior and Police and Regulations.
Family
Rodríguez married Adriana de Beaumont Portales in 1950 in Santiago.[3] She was the daughter of Juan Luis de Beaumont y White and María Teresa Portales de las Cuevas, and descendant of Manuel Portales Palazuelos and Pedro de las Cuevas y Guzmán. After divorcing, he married Lilly Judith Martínez Betancourt, with whom he had one son, Luis Fernando Rodríguez Martínez.[4]
References
- ^ Diccionario Biográfico de Chile; Empresa Periodística Chile; Imprenta y Litografía Universo; Santiago, 1936.
- ^ Anales de la República; Luis Valencia Avaria; Editorial Andrés Bello; Santiago, 1986.
- ^ Biografías de chilenos, 1876–1973. Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivo, Legislativo y Judicial; Armando de Ramón Folch et al.; Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago, 2003.
- ^ Fernando Larraín Echeverría, Los antepasados de Don Diego Portales Palazuelos; Academia Chilena de la Historia; Santiago, 1937.