Moisés Ríos
Moisés Ríos | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1941 – 15 May 1949 | |
| Constituency | 21st Departmental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1902 |
| Died | 3 April 1961 (aged 59) |
| Party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Irma Garcés Garcés |
| Profession | Politician |
Moisés Ríos Echagüe (1902 – 3 April 1961) was a Chilean politician affiliated with the Democratic Party.[1]
Biography
Ríos Echagüe was born in Temuco, Chile, in 1902. He was the son of Moisés Ríos González and Matilde Echagüe Echagüe.[1]
He married twice: first to Queralia Rivas, with whom he had five children, and later to Irma Garcés Garcés, with whom he had one child.[1]
Although his formal profession is unclear, he held identification documents describing him as both a teacher and an accountant. In practice, he devoted most of his adult life to political activity.[1]
Political career
Ríos Echagüe joined the Democratic Party in 1926. Between 1928 and 1932, he served as Governor of the Pitrufquén Department.[1]
He was elected Deputy for the 21st Departmental Group —Temuco, Imperial, and Villarrica— for the 1941–1945 term, serving on the Standing Committee on Constitution, Legislation and Justice.[1]
He was re-elected for the same constituency for the 1945–1949 term, during which he served on the Standing Committees on Education and on Industries.[1]
Other activities
Ríos Echagüe was one of the founding members of the First Fire Company of Cunco on 25 July 1929.[1]
Death
Ríos Echagüe died on 3 April 1961 in an aviation accident involving a LAN Chile Douglas DC-3 aircraft, an event known as the Green Cross Tragedy. Although the football team of Club de Deportes Green Cross boarded the aircraft during a stopover in Osorno, Ríos Echagüe had embarked earlier in Castro on Chiloé Island. The aircraft crashed in the Andean foothills near Linares.[1]