Alfonso Vargas
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Alfonso Vargas | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Federico Ringeling |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Molina |
| Constituency | 10th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 December 1951 |
| Party | National Renewal (RN) |
| Spouse | Myriam Gómez |
| Children | Four |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer |
Alfonso Vargas Lyng (born 16 December 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy from 1994 to 2010. He also was undersecretary under Sebastián Piñera's second government.[1]
Vargas Lyng was born on 16 December 1951 in Valparaíso, Chile.[2] He is the son of Pedro Alfonso Vargas Carretero and Julia Lyng Pijoan.[2] He is divorced from Myriam Gómez and is the father of four daughters.[2]
He completed his primary education at Deutsche Schule Valparaíso and his secondary studies at Instituto Rafael Ariztía (IRA) in Quillota.[2] After finishing school, he enrolled at the University of Chile, where he graduated as a commercial engineer.[2]
Professionally, he devoted himself to agriculture as an agricultural services entrepreneur, kiwi producer, and exporter of Chilean fruit, and was a driving force behind the construction of the Quillota Packing and Cold Storage facility.[2] He also owns a Chilean horse breeding farm, combining this activity with his involvement in Chilean rodeo.[2]
Between 1975 and 1992, he competed in national championships representing the Valparaíso Region.[2] He founded the Quillota Association and served as its president from 1987 to 1989.[2] From 1989 to 1992, he was national director of the National Rodeo Federation of Chile, and in 1992 held the same position in the Federation of Chilean Horse Breeders.[2]