Lautaro Vergara
Lautaro Vergara | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1969 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Constituency | 16th Departmental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1921 |
| Died | 8 July 2000 (aged 78) |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Lautaro Vergara Osorio (6 December 1921 – 8 July 2000) was a Chilean lawyer and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
He served as Deputy for the 16th Departmental Group from May 1969 to September 1973, when the coup d’état dissolved Congress.[1]
Biography
He was born in Chillán on 6 December 1921, the son of Leonidas Vergara Squella and María Elisa Osorio Uribe. He died in his hometown on 8 July 2000.
He married Eliana Herminia Cofré Hernández, with whom he had three children: Pedro Alejandro, Jorge Hernán, and Lautaro José.
He completed his primary and secondary studies at the Liceo de Hombres de Chillán. Later, he entered the Escuela de Aplicación annexed to the Normal School of the same city.
He worked as an employee at the Radiodifusora de Chillán, eventually becoming the director of Radiodifusoras de Chile between 1946 and 1968.
Public life
He began his public career when he was elected councilman (regidor) for Chillán in 1953, serving until 1956. Later, he was re-elected councilman for three terms between 1960 and 1969.
After his first period as councilman, he joined the Christian Democratic Party, where he held various positions: communal councillor in 1963; provincial vice-president in 1964; delegate to the National Board and communal president in 1965; and provincial president between 1966 and 1967.
In the 1969 parliamentary elections he was elected Deputy for the 16th Departmental District (Chillán, Bulnes and Yungay). He was a member of the Standing Committee on Internal Government; the Committee on Public Works and Transport; and the Investigative Committee in charge of examining the procedure for granting loans by the State Bank, between 1969 and 1970.
In the 1973 parliamentary elections he was re-elected Deputy for the same Departmental District. He sat on the Standing Committee on Internal Government; the Committee on Constitution, Legislation and Justice; and the Committee on Internal Regime, Administration and Regulations. His parliamentary term was cut short by the 1973 coup d’état.