Jorge Aravena Carrasco
Jorge Aravena Carrasco | |
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Jorge Aravena Carrasco circa 1961 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1961 – 15 May 1969 | |
| Constituency | 12th Departmental Group |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 23 April 1957 – 3 July 1957 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Benjamín Videla Vergara |
| Succeeded by | Francisco O'Ryan Orrego |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 4 July 1956 – 23 April 1957 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Santiago Wilson Hernández |
| Succeeded by | Mario Astorga Cartes |
| Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare | |
| In office 6 January 1955 – 30 May 1955 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Armando Uribe Herrera (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Raúl Barrios Ortiz |
| President of the Banco del Estado de Chile | |
| In office 30 May 1955 – 4 July 1956 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Jorge Prat Echaurren |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Ibáñez Ojeda |
| Director General of the Social Security Service | |
| In office 1954–1955 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Foncea |
| Intendant of the Province of Talca | |
| In office 3 November 1952 – 6 January 1953 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Succeeded by | Juan Lacassie Arriagada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1903 El Monte, Chile |
| Died | 27 March 1983 (aged 79) |
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| Spouse | Lidia Alfaro Gutiérrez |
| Children | Five |
| Parent(s) | Juan Aravena Natalia Carrasco |
| Alma mater | Liceo Valentín Letelier |
| Profession | Farmer, Industrialist, Journalist |
Jorge Aravena Carrasco (10 December 1903 – 27 March 1983) was a Chilean farmer and politician. He served as Minister of Health, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of the Interior during the second presidency of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. He was also a deputy for Talca, Lontué and Curepto between 1961 and 1969.[1]
Biography
Family and studies
Aravena was born in El Monte on 10 December 1903, the son of Juan Aravena Contreras and Natalia Carrasco Iturrieta.[2] He studied at the Liceo de Talca (now Liceo Abate Molina), the Liceo Valentín Letelier de Santiago, and later at the Instituto Superior de Comercio in Talca.[3]
He married Lidia Alfaro Gutiérrez, with whom he had five daughters.[1]
Professional career
Aravena worked as an industrialist, farmer, and journalist. From 1922 to 1927 he administered the Unión de Productores de Leche in El Monte, later becoming the owner of the Central de Productores de Leche “Alejandro Larraín.” In 1946 he co-founded the firm Ilabaca, Leiva y Cía., which became Sociedad Lechera Aravena y Cía.[1] From 1948 he farmed the estate “Las Lilas” in Maule, Talca Province, exporting fruit and building a major cold-storage plant. He also owned the Radio Regional of Curicó.[1]
Political career
He began his political activity in the Agrarian Labor Party (PAL). In 1955 he joined the Partido Agrario Laborista Recuperacionista (PAL-R), serving as national president in 1957.[1]
Under President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, he held various posts: intendant of Talca Province (1952–1953), Minister of Health (January–May 1955), President of Banco del Estado (1955–1956), Minister of Agriculture (1956–1957), and Minister of the Interior (April–July 1957). He was also Director General of the Social Security Service (1954–1955).[1][4]
In the 1961 elections, he was elected deputy for the 12th Departmental Group (Talca, Lontué and Curepto). He was reelected in 1965, serving until 1969. In Congress he sat on the Permanent Commission on Agriculture and Colonization, the Mixed Budget Commission, the Special Commission on the CUT of Arica, the Special Commission on Wine, and investigative commissions on health services, importation of vehicles in Arica, and the 1965 La Ligua earthquake.[1] He also traveled as part of the Chilean delegation to the 21st United Nations General Assembly in New York (1966).[1]
He was a member of the Automóvil Club de Chile and Stade Français.[3]
Aravena died in Santiago on 27 March 1983, aged 79.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Reseña Parlamentaria: Jorge Aravena Carrasco". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ de Ramón Folch, Armando (2003). Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivos, Legislativo y Judicial. Vol. I. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. p. 94.
- ^ a b Figueroa, Pedro Pablo (1953). Diccionario Biográfico de Chile. Vol. I (9th ed.). Santiago, Chile: Empresa Periodística de Chile. p. 59.
- ^ Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Anales de la República. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello.