Jaime Larraín García-Moreno
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Jaime Larraín García-Moreno | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 10 April 1945 – 15 May 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Darío Barrueto |
| Succeeded by | Edgardo Barrueto |
| Constituency | 8th Provincial Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1896 |
| Died | 26 September 1975 (aged 79) |
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| Spouse |
Elena Valdés Morandé
(m. 1917) |
| Children | 7 |
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Jaime Larraín García-Moreno (23 March 1896 – 26 September 1975) was a Chilean lawyer, agronomist, businessman and parliamentarian. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1921 and 1924, and later as a senator of the Republic representing the 8th Provincial Group (Biobío, Malleco and Cautín) between 1945 and 1957.[1]
Larraín García-Moreno was born in Paris, France, the son of former deputy Raimundo Larraín Covarrubias and Ana Luisa García-Moreno Flores.[1] He completed his primary and secondary education at the Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino in Santiago. He studied law at the University of Chile and agronomy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he served as vice president of the Agronomy Students’ Association.[1]
In 1917, he married Elena Valdés Morandé, with whom he had seven children, including Elena Larraín Valdés, a noted anti-communist political activist, and Raimundo Larraín Valdés, a prominent socialite in France.[1]
Professional career
Larraín García-Moreno was an agricultural entrepreneur, managing the Esmeralda estate in the commune of Rosario. He was a partner in the firm Larraín García-Moreno Hermanos.[1]
He was deeply involved in Catholic social and guild-based organizations. He served as president of the Conferences of Saint Vincent de Paul in 1916 and founded the Círculo de Estudios in 1913 under the guidance of Father Fernando Vives Solar, later serving as its president. He collaborated in the creation of Catholic trade unions and the organization of employer guilds inspired by social Christian thought.[1]
He was a member of the National Association of Catholic Students and adhered to corporatist and organicist ideas, promoting guild-based and industrial institutions.[1]
In 1925, he was elected councillor of the National Society of Agriculture (SNA), becoming its vice president in 1930 and president between 1933 and 1940. He was also president of the Santiago Congress of Agriculturalists in 1939, a founding president of the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC) between 1934 and 1935, and a director of the Central Bank of Chile.[1]
He was a member of the Academy of Economic Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the Club de la Unión. He received the French Order of Agricultural Merit.[1]