Orlando Sandoval
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Orlando Sandoval | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1941 – 26 August 1961 | |
| Constituency | 16th Departamental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 7, 1908 |
| Died | June 9, 1996 (aged 88) |
| Party | Radical Party (1933–1973) |
| Spouse |
Victoria Orellana Lillo
(m. 1938) |
| Children | Hernán, Orlando, Victoria and Jorge |
| Parent(s) | Olayo Sandoval Navarrete Elena Vargas Videla |
| Alma mater | University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, farmer and politician |
Néstor Orlando Sandoval Vargas (7 April 1908 – 9 June 1996) was a Chilean lawyer, farmer and politician. A long-standing member of the Radical Party of Chile, he served five consecutive terms in the Chamber of Deputies between 1941 and 1961, later becoming Minister of Agriculture under President Jorge Alessandri.[1]
Sandoval was born in El Carmen on 7 April 1908, the son of Olayo Sandoval Navarrete and Elena Vargas Videla.[2]
He completed his primary education in El Carmen and his secondary studies at the Liceo de Hombres de Chillán.[2] He later studied law at the University of Chile, graduating as a lawyer in 1934. His thesis was titled «La guerra declarada. Conflicto del Chaco, conflicto chino-japonés».[2]
Sandoval worked as a lawyer and farmer, managing his estate El Faro in El Carmen, dedicated to wheat and cattle production.[1]
He married Victoria Orellana Lillo on 4 June 1938; the couple had four children: Orlando, Victoria, Jorge and Hernán.[2] Hernán Sandoval later became a prominent physician and adviser to President Ricardo Lagos.[3]