Hardy Momberg

Hardy René Oscar Momberg Roa was a Chilean agricultural technician, businessman, and longstanding politician.
He served as a member in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile across five consecutive terms between 1957 and 1973, representing the 21st Departmental Group in the Araucanía Region.

Political career

He entered politics in 1945 as a member of the Democratic Party, where he became president of the Temuco Assembly.
In 1956, he joined the National Falange, predecessor of the Christian Democratic Party, through which he was elected Deputy for Imperial, Lautaro, Temuco, Pitrufquén, and Villarrica. He served on the permanent committee on Agriculture and Colonization.
In 1960, he switched to the Liberal Party, becoming a member of its executive board and was reelected Deputy for Temuco, participating in the permanent committee on Roads and Public Works. He was again elected Deputy for the same constituency, serving on the permanent committee on Economy and Commerce.
He resigned from the PL to join the newly formed National Party in 1966, created through the merger of conservatives and liberals. Representing this party, he was reelected Deputy for Temuco, serving on the permanent committee on Defense.
He was elected Deputy one last time for the same group of communes. On this occasion, he served on the Agriculture and Colonization Committee, but the legislative term was cut short by the military coup of September 11, 1973, which overthrew Salvador Allende's marxist government.
A collaborator of the military dictatorship, he remained a member of the National Party and ran again with its support in the 1989 parliamentary elections, for District 50, covering Temuco and Padre Las Casas, but only obtained 1,742 votes.
After his death in August 1990, a posthumous tribute was paid to him in the Chamber of Deputies.