Juan Fuentealba

Juan Fuentealba Oreño
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1953 – 15 May 1957
Constituency21st Departamental Group
Personal details
Born(1906-06-20)20 June 1906
Died12 April 1997(1997-04-12) (aged 90)
PartyRadical Doctrinarian Party
Spouse(s)Jesús Amada Quero Urrutia; Julia Nora Meza
Children3
OccupationTeacher; 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j ""Juan Fuentealba Oreño – Reseña biográfica parlamentaria"". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (BCN). Retrieved 25 November 2025.