Julio Subercaseaux
Chilean lawyer, politician
Julio Bernardo Subercaseaux Barros (Santiago, 5 April 1926 – ibid., 30 January 2012) was a Chilean lawyer and politician.
He served as Deputy of the Republic between 1961 and 1965 and later became an important figure of political transition from conservatism to democratic reform in the late twentieth century.
Early life
Born in 1926, son of Julio Subercaseaux Aldunate and Isabel Barros Vicuña. He studied at the Liceo Alemán de Santiago, graduating in 1946, and then entered the University of Chile, where he earned a law degree in 1951. His thesis was titled Study of the Transfer in Coal Concessions.
Marriages and children
He first married Mary Rose Mac-Gill, with whom he had four children. Later, he married Mónica Allen Fisher, with whom he had three children.
Professional and public career
Subercaseaux worked for 17 years in the legal department of the Banco Sud Americano, retiring in 1962 under the Pension Fund for Bank Employees. He was president of the Agricultural Employers' Union of San Antonio and member of several traditional institutions such as the Club de La Unión, the Club de Polo y Equitación San Cristóbal, and the Club Hípico de Santiago.
Political career
He began his political activity in the Conservative Party, where he served as president of the Conservative Youth and later as a member of its executive board.
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