Agustín del Río
Agustín Del Río Villalobos (1856 – 17 December 1900) was a Chilean politician and lawyer affiliated with the Liberal Democratic Party.
He served in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile between 1885 and 1900, first as substitute deputy for Linares and Itata, then as deputy for La Laja in the Constituent Congress of 1891, and later as deputy for Santiago.
Biography
Del Río was born in Cauquenes in 1856, the son of Agustín del Río Solar and Clorinda Villalobos Gaete. He studied at the Instituto Nacional and later studied law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 19 April 1881.
He practiced law and also worked as a teacher of Spanish grammar at the América and Juan Gutemberg night schools for adults in 1877. The following year, he served as president of the board of the school.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Del Río served as substitute deputy for Linares from 1885 to 1888 and for Itata from 1888 to 1891. In 1891, he served as Deputy for La Laja in the Constituent Congress, where he was a member of the Constitution, Legislation and Justice Committee and the Finance and Industry Committee.
He subsequently represented Santiago for the 1897–1900 legislative period and was reelected for the 1900–1903 term. He served on the Education and Charity Committee and the Conservative Committee during the 1898–1899 parliamentary recess.
Del Río served as Second Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies from 14 October to 16 December 1899, becoming First Vice President on 16 December. He died in Santiago on 17 December 1900 while still serving as deputy.