Edmundo Villouta

Edmundo Villouta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 1990 – 11 March 2006
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byMario Venegas Cárdenas
Constituency20th District
Mayor of Angol
In office
1960–1963
Preceded byVíctor Villouta
Succeeded byFrancisco Bayo Veloso
Personal details
Born(1926-09-17)17 September 1926
Died4 November 2020(2020-11-04) (aged 94)
PartyChristian Democratic Party (DC)
SpouseElvira Carpinello
ChildrenSeven
EducationEscuela Nº1 de Angol
OccupationPolitician

Edmundo Villouta Concha (17 November 1926 – 4 November 2020) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in Mulchén on 17 September 1926.[3] He was the son of Víctor Villouta Concha and Carmela Concha Cerda.[3] He married Elvira Carpinello Pozzoli and had seven children.[3]

He completed his primary education at Escuela No. 1 of Angol and his secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres of Angol.[3] Professionally, he was engaged in commercial activities.[3]

Political career

He began his political activities in 1958 after joining the Christian Democratic Party, serving as a local party leader and participating in the first presidential campaign of Eduardo Frei Montalva.[3]

In 1960 he was elected councilor (regidor) and later mayor of Angol, serving two terms in both positions.[3] He held various political and civic roles and, between 1974 and 1979, made his party’s headquarters in Angol available as a student residence, providing full board and lodging to more than 40 students without external assistance.[3]

For more than 20 years he was a member of the Mixed Wage Commission and the Conciliation and Arbitration Board of Malleco.[3] He was also active in sports leadership for over three decades, serving as president of the football club Malleco Unido and collaborating with numerous sports, social, and cultural organizations.[3]

He died on 4 November 2020 in Angol.[3]

References

  1. ^ "A los 94 años falleció el ex diputado demócrata cristiano Edmundo Villouta Concha". Radio Bío-Bío. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Falleció Edmundo Villouta, ex diputado y ex alcalde de Angol". Prensa Ciudadana. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Edmundo Villouta Concha". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2026.