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Mario Fuenzalida

Chilean businessman, farmer, and politician (1921-2005)

Mario Fuenzalida Mandriaza (16 November 1921 – 23 November 2005) was a Chilean businessman, farmer, and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party of Chile.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Mario Fuenzalida (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Nov 16, 1921, died Nov 23, 2005.¹

About

He served as a deputy for the 11th Departmental Grouping —Curicó and Mataquito— between 1965 and 1969.

From Wikipedia’s article on Mario Fuenzalida, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

COCHAFounder⁷

Career

Occupation: politician, businessperson.⁵

Date not recordedFounded COCHA³
Date not recordedDeputy of Chile⁴

Personal life

CitizenshipChile⁶

Politics

He joined the Christian Democratic Party and served as councilman (regidor) of Curicó between 1963 and 1965. In 1964 he participated in the Naranjazo by-election for deputy for Curicó and Mataquito, obtaining third place.

In 1965 he was elected deputy for Curicó and Mataquito, serving until 1969. He sat on the Permanent Committee on Internal Government and on the Committee of National Defense, and was part of the Special Automotive Industry Committee (1966). Among his legislative initiatives was Law N° 16,431 of 28 February 1966 on municipal loans for Curicó, and he was co-author of the law that created the Banking Pension Fund.

After leaving Congress, he returned to his business and agricultural activities, remaining active in commerce, farming, and cattle ranching until his retirement in 1997.

He died in 2005 at the age of 84.