Arnoldo Stegman
Arnoldo Stegman | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 21 May 1949 – 15 May 1953 | |
| Constituency | 20th Departmental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1905 |
| Party | Agrarian Labor Party |
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| Profession | |
Arnoldo Stegman Putsche (21 August 1905–?) is a Chilean businessman, farmer and former parliamentarian affiliated with the Agrarian Labor Party.
He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the XLVI Legislative Period (1949–1953), representing the southern districts of Chile.[1]
Biography
Stegman Putsche was born in Concepción on 21 August 1905, the son of Adolfo Stegman and Minna Putsche.[1] He completed his secondary education at the German School and the Liceo de Hombres of Concepción.[1]
He began his professional career at the firm Sherman, Schutzer & Co., where he served as agent in Temuco between 1919 and 1931. He later founded A. Stegman y Cía. Ltda., a company engaged in the manufacture of greases, lubricants and nails, as well as wholesale trade in groceries, haberdashery and commercial representations.[1]
From 1940 onwards, he devoted himself primarily to agriculture, owning and operating the estates of Pemulemu, Las Quintas, El Carmen and San Antonio in the provinces of Malleco and Valdivia. He was founder and president of the Agricultural Society and the Agricultural Cooperative of Collipulli.[1]
He married Elisa Vyhmeister Syhmeister, with whom he had four children: Harald, Gisela, Rosemarie and Arnoldo. In a second marriage, he married Berta von Beunewitz Riverin in Angol on 21 June 1971.[1]
Political career
A founding member of the Agrarian Labor Party in Collipulli, Stegman Putsche served as president of the local party organization, director general of the party, and vice-president in 1952.[1]
At the municipal level, he served as councillor (regidor) of the Municipality of Collipulli in 1948 and as mayor in 1949. Earlier, between 1938 and 1947, he served as District Judge.[1]
In the parliamentary elections of 1949, he was elected Deputy for the 20th Departmental Group —Angol, Collipulli, Traiguén, Victoria and Curacautín— serving during the 1949–1953 legislative period. During his tenure, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization.[1]
Beyond politics, he was a member of the National Agricultural Society, the Agricultural Development Society of Temuco, and president of the Wheat Producers’ Association. He was also a member of the German Club, the Temuco Club and the Club de la Unión of Santiago, and honorary president of the Collipulli Aerial Club.[1]