Alberto Jaramillo
Alberto Jaramillo Bórquez was a Chilean teacher of Spanish and politician.
He served as Deputy for the 16th Departamental Group from 1965 to 1973, first as a member of the Christian Democratic Party and later the Christian Left.
Biography
He was born in Valdivia on 7 April 1927, the son of Roberto Jaramillo Bustamante and Laura Bórquez Riquelme.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.
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, 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 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:
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.
Jaramillo died in Santiago on 22 August 2023, at the age of 96.