Jorge Righi

Jorge Rigo Righi Caridi was a Chilean agricultural businessman and politician who served as Deputy for the 19th Departamental Group—Laja, Nacimiento and Mulchén—during the 1953–1957 legislative period.

Biography

Jorge Rigo was born in Concepción, the son of Fidel Rigo-Righi Piolino and Saffo Caridi. He worked as a partner, together with his father and siblings, in the exploitation of the Pichi-Bureo estate in Mulchén, under the commercial name “Rigo-Righi y Cía.”

Political career

Rigo was a member of the Agrarian Labor Party. He was elected Deputy for the 19th Departamental Group—Laja, Nacimiento and Mulchén—for the 1953–1957 term, where he served on the Permanent Commission on Public Works and Roads.