Alberto Jaramillo | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1965 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Constituency | 16th Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1927 |
| Died | 22 August 2023 (aged 96) |
| Party | |
| Spouse | Carmen Gloria Carvallo |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Teacher of Spanish |
Alberto Jaramillo Bórquez (7 April 1927 – 22 August 2023) was a Chilean teacher of Spanish and politician.
He served as Deputy for the 16th Departamental Group (Chillán, Bulnes and Yungay) from 1965 to 1973, first as a member of the Christian Democratic Party and later the Christian Left.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Valdivia on 7 April 1927, the son of Roberto Jaramillo Bustamante and Laura Bórquez Riquelme.[1]
He studied at the Colegio Salesiano of Valdivia, the Camilo Ortúzar Montt of Santiago, and the Eduardo de la Barra Lyceum in Valparaíso. He later enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, graduating as a teacher of Spanish.
He married Carmen Gloria Carvallo Salazar, with whom he had three daughters: Ana María, Carmen Cecilia and María Victoria Jaramillo Carvallo.[1]
He worked as a teacher at the Liceo de Hombres of Chillán, and between 1961 and 1963 served as Cultural Secretary of the Ñuble Teachers’ Federation.
Jaramillo began his political career in 1947 when he joined the Falange Nacional. In 1957 he entered the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), serving as president of the party in Chillán and as national councillor between 1961 and 1963.
In the 1965 elections, he was elected Deputy for the 16th Departamental Group (Chillán, Bulnes and Yungay) for the 1965–1969 term. He served on the Permanent Commission of Public Education, was a member of the Chilean Interparliamentary Group in 1965, and a substitute member of the PDC Parliamentary Committee in 1966.
In the 1969 elections, he was re-elected Deputy for the same constituency, serving the 1969–1973 term, again on the Permanent Commission of Public Education.
On 30 July 1971 he resigned from the PDC to join the newly formed Christian Left. He justified his departure stating:
I do not agree with the results of the 1969 National Council of the Christian Democratic Party. The party has shown that it prefers to continue along the capitalist path. On the other hand, we believe that the socialist path is the only solution to develop the country. Not a Marxist socialism, but a democratic socialism.
— La Tercera, 7 May 1969.[1]
He was not re-elected in the 1973 elections, after which he returned to teaching at various schools, including the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Santiago (SS.CC. Alameda).
Jaramillo died in Santiago on 22 August 2023, at the age of 96.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Alberto Jaramillo Bórquez". Anales de la República. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Les comunicamos el fallecimiento de don Alberto Jaramillo Bórquez (1927–2023)". Centro de Ex Alumnos/as SS.CC Alameda. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ "Certificado de Defunción". Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación de Chile. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2025.