Manuel Araya Vargas
Manuel Araya | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1930 – 6 June 1932 | |
| Constituency | 23rd Departamental Circumscription |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1887 |
| Died | 16 December 1969 (aged 82) |
| Party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Luisa Osorio; Julia González Jorquera |
Manuel Araya Vargas (22 November 1887 – 16 December 1969) was a Chilean politician. He served as a deputy representing the Twenty-third Departamental Circumscription of Osorno, Llanquihue and Carelmapu during the 1930–1934 legislative period.[1]
Biography
Araya was born in Calle Larga, Los Andes, Chile, on 22 November 1887, the son of Juan Araya and Rosario Vargas.[1] He married Luisa Osorio and, in second marriage in Santiago on 17 July 1924, Julia González Jorquera.[1]
From a young age he worked while continuing his studies; he attended the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and pursued further training by correspondence through an Argentine institution.[1]
He worked as a mechanical worker for the Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado from 1904, and was a member of its Administrative Council between 1924 and 1927. He was a workers' representative in the Constituent Commission of 1925 and, in late 1927, served on a government commission studying the operation of the Transandine railway between Argentina and Chile.[1]
He held various public positions, including governor of Loncoche until 1930 and mayor of the same city. In 1932, during the Socialist Republic, he served as intendant of the O’Higgins Province. In 1944 he was a member of the Caja de la Habitación Popular.[1]
Political career
Araya was affiliated with the Democratic Party, of which he served as president in 1930.[1]
He was elected deputy for the Twenty-third Departamental Circumscription of Osorno, Llanquihue and Carelmapu for the 1930–1934 legislative period. He was a member of the Permanent Commission on Roads and Public Works and a substitute member of the Permanent Commission on Internal Government.[2][1]
The 1932 Chilean coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.[1]
He died in Santiago, Chile, on 16 December 1969.[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.