Jorge Rivera Vicuña

Jorge Raúl Horacio Rivera Vicuña was a Chilean lawyer, politician and public administrator who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and twice as Intendant of Santiago Province.

Biography

Rivera Vicuña was born in Lautaro, Chile, on 4 June 1907. He was the son of Luis Alfredo Rivera Olavarría and Elvira Vicuña Solar.
He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones in Santiago and later attended the University of Chile Faculty of Law, qualifying as a lawyer in 1933. His thesis was entitled Responsabilidad del Estado por los errores judiciales.
During his university years, he collaborated with the magazine Hoy and the newspaper La Nación. Professionally, he practiced law as legal counsel for the Mortgage Credit Fund and the National Collective Transport Company.
He married Norma Piffre de Vauban Cristi in 1933.

Political career

Rivera Vicuña joined the Radical Party in 1934 and later became president of its Youth Organization.
He was elected Deputy for the 1st Metropolitan District of Santiago for the 1941–1945 legislative term. During his tenure, he served on the Standing Committee on Finance.
After his parliamentary service, he worked as legal secretary of the Intendancy of Santiago in 1949. He was subsequently elected municipal councillor of Santiago in 1951.
Rivera Vicuña served twice as Intendant of Santiago Province during the administration of President Gabriel González Videla: first from May to June 1950, and later from March 1951 to March 1952.