Alfonso Vargas
Alfonso Vargas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Federico Ringeling |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Molina |
| Constituency | 10th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 December 1951 |
| Party | National Renewal (RN) |
| Spouse | Myriam Gómez |
| Children | Four |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer |
Alfonso Vargas Lyng (born 16 December 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy from 1994 to 2010. He also was undersecretary under Sebastián Piñera's second government.[1]
Biography
Vargas Lyng was born on 16 December 1951 in Valparaíso, Chile.[2] He is the son of Pedro Alfonso Vargas Carretero and Julia Lyng Pijoan.[2] He is divorced from Myriam Gómez and is the father of four daughters.[2]
He completed his primary education at Deutsche Schule Valparaíso and his secondary studies at Instituto Rafael Ariztía (IRA) in Quillota.[2] After finishing school, he enrolled at the University of Chile, where he graduated as a commercial engineer.[2]
Professionally, he devoted himself to agriculture as an agricultural services entrepreneur, kiwi producer, and exporter of Chilean fruit, and was a driving force behind the construction of the Quillota Packing and Cold Storage facility.[2] He also owns a Chilean horse breeding farm, combining this activity with his involvement in Chilean rodeo.[2]
Between 1975 and 1992, he competed in national championships representing the Valparaíso Region.[2] He founded the Quillota Association and served as its president from 1987 to 1989.[2] From 1989 to 1992, he was national director of the National Rodeo Federation of Chile, and in 1992 held the same position in the Federation of Chilean Horse Breeders.[2]
Political career
In public service, between 1983 and 1987 he served as appointed mayor of the commune of Nogales.[2]
In December 1993, he was elected as a deputy representing National Renewal for the Valparaíso Region (District No. 10) for the 1994–1998 legislative term.[2] The district included the communes of Cabildo, Hijuelas, La Calera, La Cruz, La Ligua, Nogales, Papudo, Petorca, Puchuncaví, Quillota, Quintero, and Zapallar.[2] He obtained 32,840 votes (24.34%).[2] He was re-elected in 1997 for the 1998–2002 term with 34,704 votes (30.03%).[2]
In December 2001, he was again re-elected for the 2002–2006 term, obtaining the highest vote share in the district with 38,631 votes (31.42%).[2] In 2005, he secured another re-election for the 2006–2010 term with 34,209 votes (25.22%).[2] In the 2009 parliamentary elections, he lost his re-election bid; his list partner, independent pro-Independent Democratic Union candidate Andrea Molina Oliva, was elected.[2]
In February 2010, President-elect Sebastián Piñera announced his appointment as Undersecretary of Defense, a position he held from 11 March 2010 to 11 March 2014.[2]
In May 2014, he was elected vice president of National Renewal, assuming office in June of that year. The party’s leadership was headed by Cristián Monckeberg as president and Mario Desbordes as secretary general.[2]
In March 2018, President Sebastián Piñera appointed him Undersecretary of Agriculture, serving until 25 November 2019.[2]
On 26 November 2019, he again assumed the position of Undersecretary for the Armed Forces.[2]
References
- ^ "Los potenciales conflictos de intereses de Alfonso Vargas Lyng, el nuevo subsecretario de Agricultura de Piñera" (in Spanish). El Desconcierto. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Alfonso Vargas Lyng". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish).