Enrique Serrano de Viale Rigo
Enrique Serrano de Viale-Rigo (31 December 1913 – 1985) was a Chilean lawyer and conservative politician.
He served as Deputy of the Republic for the 17th Departmental Grouping (Concepción, Tomé, Talcahuano, Coronel, and Yumbel) between 1953 and 1960, and later as Minister of Mining under President Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez from 1960 to 1961.
Biography
Serrano was born in Concepción on 31 December 1913, the son of Enrique Serrano Gundelach and Mercedes del Carmen de Viale-Rigo Urbaneja.
He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Santiago and later at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he earned a law degree.
He married Teresa Guerra Toro in Santiago de Chile on 29 August 1940, with whom he had four children, including María Teresa, who married Francisco Bulnes Ripamonti, son of former parliamentarian Francisco Bulnes Sanfuentes.
Political career
Serrano began his political career as Mayor of Pichidegua between 1942 and 1948.
He was a member of the Traditionalist Conservative Party and later the United Conservative Party, where he served as general director.
He was elected Deputy of the Republic for the 17th Departmental Grouping for two consecutive terms (1953–1957 and 1957–1961). During his first term, he served on the Committees on Internal Government and Public Education; in his second, on the Finance Committee.
On 15 September 1960, President Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez appointed him Minister of Mining, a position he held until 26 October 1961.
He also served as interim Minister of Finance from 26 August to 18 October 1961.
Later career and death
Serrano later served as president of the Banco Nacional del Trabajo, president of the Instituto de Educación Rural, and member of the Sociedad Periodística de Chile. He was also associated with the Club de La Unión, Club de Golf Los Leones, and Automóvil Club de Chile.
He was part of the Superior Council of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and served as vice-rector between 1966 and 1967.
He died in Santiago de Chile in 1985, as a result of a traffic accident. A public school in Pichidegua bears his name.
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.