Raúl Herrera

Raúl Herrera
Intendant of the O'Higgins Region
In office
11 March 2000 – 26 September 2001
Preceded byBernardo Zapata
Succeeded byRicardo Trincado
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973
Succeeded by1973 Chilean coup d'état
Constituency10th Departamental Group
Personal details
Born (1932-08-15) 15 August 1932
PartyChristian Democratic Party
Independent Regionalist Party
SpouseCarmen Jordán
ChildrenFour
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionDentist

Raúl Luis Fernando Herrera Herrera (born 15 August 1932) is a Chilean dentist and politician.

He was elected Deputy for the Tenth Departamental Group –San Fernando and Santa Cruz– in 1973, but his term was cut short by the military coup later that year.

Biography

Raúl Herrera Herrera was born on 15 August 1932 to Julio Herrera Toro and Estelia del Carmen Herrera. He married Carmen Jordán López on 27 December 1957, and they had four children.

He held the position of councilman (concejal) for the Municipality of San Fernando from 1996 to 2000 as a member of the Christian Democratic Party. Later, during the presidency of Ricardo Lagos Escobar, he was appointed Intendant of the O’Higgins Region.

In 2008, he resigned from the PDC and joined the ranks of the Regionalist Party of the Independents, where he subsequently served as Regional President and First National Vice President.

Legislative term 1973

Herrera was elected Deputy in the 1973 complementary election, representing the Christian Democratic Party for the 10th Departamental Group; he served on the Permanent Commissions of Public Health, and Agriculture and Colonization.

His term ended abruptly with the military coup on 11 September 1973 and the formal dissolution of Congress by Decree-Law 27 on 21 September.