Francisco Jorquera Fuhrmann
Francisco Jorquera | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1930 – 6 June 1932 | |
| Constituency | 7th Departamental Grouping, Santiago |
| In office 15 May 1921 – 11 September 1924 | |
| Constituency | Concepción |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 May 1891 |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Alma mater | University of Concepción |
Francisco Jorquera Fuhrmann (29 May 1891 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer, journalist, academic and politician. A member of the Radical Party, he served several terms as a deputy and later held public office as undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos.[1]
Biography
Jorquera was born in Concepción on 29 May 1891, the son of Francisco Jorquera Rojas and Lucía Fuhrmann Wither. He married Olga Elena Heikema.[1]
He studied at the lyceums of Antofagasta and Concepción. He later pursued legal studies in the law course of the Liceo of Concepción and qualified as a lawyer on 2 June 1913 with a thesis titled Del trabajo minero en general y particularmente del laboreo al pirquén.[1]
Jorquera practiced law and also worked as a journalist. From 1911 he served as a writer for the newspaper El Sur of Concepción.[1]
He also pursued an academic career, teaching social legislation and political economy at the Liceo of Concepción. He was professor of law and economics at the Commercial Institute of Concepción and later taught civic instruction and civil law in the law course of the University of Concepción.[1]
He later served as lawyer of the Fiscal Defense Council and as undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos between 1942 and 1946.[1]
Political career
Jorquera was an active member of the Radical Party. He served as president of the Law Students' Center of the University of Concepción and as delegate of the Radical Assembly of Concepción to the party's general convention in 1919. He later served as director and secretary of the Radical Assembly of Concepción and as a member of the party's Central Board.[1]
He was first elected deputy for Concepción for the 1921–1924 legislative period, serving on the Permanent Commission on Social Legislation and as substitute member of the Permanent Commission on Finance.[1]
He was re-elected deputy for Concepción for the 1924–1927 legislative period, serving on the Permanent Commission on Elections, which he presided over, and on the Permanent Commission on Style Revision. The National Congress was dissolved on 11 September 1924 by decree of the governing junta.[1]
He was again elected deputy in 1930, this time representing the Seventh Departamental Grouping of Santiago for the 1930–1934 legislative period.[1][2]
During this term he served on the Permanent Commissions on Foreign Affairs, Finance and Internal Police, and as substitute member of the Permanent Commission on Constitutional Reform and Regulations.[1]
The 1932 Chilean coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June of that year.[1]
He later participated in several periods in the Radical Parliamentary Committee and authored legislation aimed at improving the conditions of private employees, which was later enacted into law.[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.