Juan Rodolfo Marín

Juan Rodolfo Marín started in journalism when he joined the Coquimban newspaper El Progreso [es]. On 2 June 1942, he founded the newspaper El Regional [es],^[1] of which he remained the director until 1952 when he was succeeded by Víctor Medina Díaz [es].^[2]

He served in the Agrarian Labor Party, and was elected councillor of the Municipality of Coquimbo by said party in the 1950 municipal elections [es]. He resigned this position in 1952 when he was appointed Governor of Coquimbo Department [es] by the newly elected President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. Marín served in that position throughout his presidency, until 4 November 1958.^[1]

In 1963 he was awarded the National Prize for Journalism, with mention in the Feature category.^[1][3] The following year the Municipality of Coquimbo named him an Illustrious Son,^[2] and that September he published the text Historia de la Pampilla that recounts the history of the Coquimban Pampilla Festival.^[4][5]

Juan Rodolfo Marín was married to Ilda Arqueros Espinoza,^[1] with whom he had one son, Juan Gutenberg.^[2]

Marín died at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Santiago on 10 April 1967.^[2]