Alfonso Salazar
Alfonso Salazar Ravanal (7 November 1898 – 20 December 1980) was a Chilean agronomist and liberal politician.
He served as Deputy of the Republic for the 21st Departmental Grouping (Temuco, La Imperial, and Villarrica) in multiple legislative periods between 1941 and 1961.
Biography
Salazar was born in Cholchol on 7 November 1898, the son of Alfonso Salazar and Domitila Ravanal.
He studied at the Instituto San José of Temuco and later graduated as an agronomist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1919.
He married Teresa Andrade in Temuco in 1915.
Professional career
He dedicated his life to agricultural management, working his own estates: María Luisa in Temuco, La Suerte in Quepe, and San Manuela in Freire.
He also managed the farms Santa Domitila, San Antonio, and Los Robles in Cautín Province.
He was a member of the National Agriculture Society (SNA), the Agricultural Development Society, the Temuco Club, and the local branch of the Rotary Club.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Party, Salazar served as alderman of Freire and later as first alderman of the Municipality of Temuco (1938–1941).
He was elected Deputy of the Republic for the 21st Departmental Grouping (Temuco, La Imperial, and Villarrica) in 1941, and re-elected consecutively for the periods 1945–1949 and 1949–1953. He participated in the Permanent Commissions of Agriculture and Colonization, and later Industry.
He represented the Senate before the Mortgage Fund Board in 1951. After a brief hiatus, he was re-elected Deputy for the 1957–1961 legislative period, serving on the Permanent Commission of Economy and Commerce.
Death
He died in Temuco on 20 December 1980.
Bibliography
- Valencia Aravía, Luis (1986). Anales de la República: Registros de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo. 2nd ed. Santiago: Editorial Andrés Bello.
- Urzúa Valenzuela, Germán (1992). Historia política de Chile y su evolución electoral desde 1810 a 1992. 3rd ed. Santiago: Editorial Jurídica de Chile.
- Castillo Infante, Fernando (1996). Diccionario histórico y biográfico de Chile. 6th ed. Santiago: Editorial Zig-Zag.