Cesáreo Castillo

He was born in Iquique on 2 May 1928, the son of José Castillo Muñoz, who died when Cesáreo was seven, and Zoila Michea Carvajal. He was married to Ayleen Lilayu Ortiz, with whom he had five children.

He completed his primary and secondary education at Primary School No. 3 and the Commercial Institute of Iquique. He built his career as a merchant and served as President of the General Parent Association of "Nuestra Señora Guadalupe de Ayquina" School in Calama, from 1972 to 1973.

Politically, he began his career by joining the National Falange on 6 July 1946, and later the Christian Democratic Party in 1958. Within the party, he held various leadership roles: municipal vice president (four terms), municipal president (four terms), municipal treasurer of Calama (twice), provincial vice president of Antofagasta, and national counselor for Rural Settlements in 1972.

He was governor of the Department of El Loa from 1964 to 1970, and in 1969 served as President of the Northern Border Opening Commission between Jujuy Province (Argentina) and his country's Antofagasta Province. He then became councilman (regidor) of Calama from 1971 to 1973.

In 1973, he was elected Deputy for the Second Departamental Group, but his legislative career was truncated by the coup of 11 September 1973 and the legal dissolution of Congress on 21 September.

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