Ignacio Prado Benítez
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Ignacio Prado | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1961 – 15 May 1965 | |
| Constituency | 25th Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1915 |
| Died | 10 October 1999 (aged 83) |
| Party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lucía Soruco María Lucía Puga María E. Gatica |
| Children | Five, including Arturo Prado |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Farmer and enologist |
Ignacio Arturo Prado Benítez (23 December 1915 – 10 October 1999) was a Chilean agriculturist, enologist, and politician affiliated with the Liberal Party. He served as Deputy of the Republic between 1961 and 1965, representing the southern districts of Ancud, Quinchao, Castro, and Palena.[1]
Born in Santiago on 23 December 1915, he was the son of Arturo Prado Fernández-Albano and Mercedes Benítez P. He completed his primary and secondary studies at the Liceo de Aplicación and at the Liceo de San Bernardo. He then entered the University of Chile’s School of Practical Agriculture, graduating in 1937. Later, he studied enology in Bordeaux, France, completing a specialized program in viticulture and wine production.[2]
He married three times: first to Lucía Soruco del Campo, with whom he had two children; then to María Lucía Puga Domínguez, with whom he had three more; and finally to María Josefina Eliana Gatica Bustamante. Among his children was Arturo Prado, later a Minister of the Supreme Court of Chile.[3]
Public and professional life
Before entering politics, Prado worked at the Chilean Directorate of Prisons, where he became Head of the Library and Administrative Section of the Santiago Penitentiary. He later became a wine broker, serving as president of the National Association of Wine Brokers and as a National Counselor of the Corporación Vitivinícola de Chile.
His agricultural ventures extended to the southern island of Chiloé, where in 1991 he founded a fishing company in Quemchi. He also owned farmland in the province of Chiloé, combining agricultural production with regional economic development projects.[1]