Juan Fuentealba
Juan Fuentealba Oreño | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1953 – 15 May 1957 | |
| Constituency | 21st Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1906 |
| Died | 12 April 1997 (aged 90) |
| Party | Radical Doctrinarian Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jesús Amada Quero Urrutia; Julia Nora Meza |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Teacher; politician |
Juan Fuentealba Oreño (20 June 1906 – 12 April 1997) was a Chilean English teacher and politician who served as Deputy for the 21st Departamental Group—Temuco, Lautaro, Imperial, Pitrufquén and Villarrica—from 1953 to 1957.[1]
Biography
Juan Fuentealba Oreño was born in Temuco on 20 June 1906, the son of Juan Ignacio Fuentealba Loyola and María Oreño Escalona.[1] He married Jesús Amada Quero Urrutia in 1940, with whom he had two children; in a second marriage to Julia Nora Meza Soto, he had one more child.[1]
He studied at the Temuco High School and later at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Chile, earning the degree of State Professor of English.[1]
Fuentealba worked as an English teacher in the high schools of Ancud, Temuco, the Instituto Nacional, and the Instituto Nacional Barros Arana, continuing in teaching until his retirement in 1966.[1]
He was active in civic and social organizations, including the Pitagórica Lodge No. 8 of the Chilean Freemasonry, and was also a member of PROMACH.[1]
He died in Santiago on 12 April 1997.[1]
Political career
Fuentealba was a member of the Radical Doctrinarian Party.[1] He was elected Deputy for the 21st Departamental Group—Temuco, Lautaro, Imperial, Pitrufquén and Villarrica—for the legislative term 1953–1957.[1]
During his tenure he sat on the Permanent Commissions of Public Works and of Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.[1]