Miguel Jarpa Vallejos
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Miguel Jarpa Vallejos | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1965 – 15 May 1969 | |
| Constituency | 16th Departmental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 July 1911 Cerro Negro, Ñuble Province, Chile |
| Died | 29 September 1979 (aged 68) |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Spouse | María Castañeda Cuevas |
| Occupation | Politician |
Miguel Jarpa Vallejos (11 July 1911 – 29 September 1979) was a Chilean ethnologist, farmer, and politician, member of the Radical Party. He served as Deputy for the 16th Departmental District (Chillán, Bulnes and Yungay) during the legislative period 1965–1969.
He was born in Cerro Negro, Ñuble Province, on 11 July 1911, the son of Abel Jarpa Gacitúa and Concepción Vallejos Ramos. He was the brother of parliamentarian Abel Jarpa.
He studied at the Liceo de Hombres of Chillán and later at the Liceo de Hombres of Concepción. In 1935, he completed a course in ethnology, obtaining the title of ethnologist.
He worked as an agricultural administrator in a brokerage office established in Concepción, dedicated to the management of rural estates.
Between 1932 and 1934, he worked as interim civil officer of the Regional Office of the Civil Registry in Río Negro. In 1939, he was employed by the Reconstruction Office of Concepción, created after the devastating Chillán earthquake that year.