Carlos Villarroel
Carlos Villarroel | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 15 May 1930 – 6 June 1932 | |
| Constituency | 2nd Provincial Grouping |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1924 – 11 September 1924 | |
| Constituency | Tarapacá and Pisagua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1884 |
| Party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Elena Rojas |
Carlos Villarroel Mora (7 August 1884 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as senator representing the Second Provincial Grouping of Atacama and Coquimbo during the 1930–1938 legislative period.[1]
Biography
Villarroel was born in Quirihue, Chile, on 7 August 1884, the son of Juan de Dios Villarroel and Concepción Mora. He married Elena Rojas Barbé, with whom he had seven children.[1]
He studied at the Liceo of Concepción and at the University of Chile, Faculty of Law, qualifying as a lawyer on 22 July 1906. His thesis was titled Sistemas penitenciarios.[1]
That same year he moved to Iquique, where he practiced law independently, specializing in civil litigation and serving as legal counsel for salpeter and commercial firms. He was also an associate judge of the Court of Iquique.[1]
He was a member of the Liberal Party, serving as vice president of the party in 1925 and president of the Liberal Assembly of Iquique. In 1921 he was appointed Intendant of Tarapacá.[1]
He was elected deputy for Tarapacá and Pisagua for the 1924–1927 period, serving on the Permanent Commission on Government, which he chaired, and on the Permanent Commission on Style Revision. The Congress was dissolved on 11 September 1924 by decree of the Government Junta.[1]
In 1925 he participated in the commission presided over by Arturo Alessandri Palma that drafted the 1925 Constitution.[1]
He was owner and director of the newspaper La Provincia of Iquique and served as general consul of Ecuador in northern Chile. He was also managing director of the Sociedad Warrants, Almacenes Generales de Depósito.[1]
He was a member of several social institutions, including the Club de La Unión (president in Tarapacá), the Club Hípico of Iquique, the Club de Septiembre, and the Automobile Club of Chile.[1]
Political career
Villarroel was elected senator for the Second Provincial Grouping of Atacama and Coquimbo for the 1930–1938 legislative period. He served on the Permanent Commission on Government and as a substitute member of the Permanent Commissions on Constitution, Legislation, Justice and Regulations, and on Agriculture, Mining, Industrial Development and Colonization.[2][1]
His tenure was interrupted by the 1932 coup d'etat, which led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Luis Valencia Avaria (1951). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo desde 1810. Tomo II. Imprenta Universitaria, Santiago.