Cesáreo Castillo
Cesáreo Castillo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Succeeded by | 1973 Chilean coup d'état |
| Constituency | 2nd Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1928 Iquique, Chile |
| Died | 29 October 1984 (aged 56) Calama, Chile |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Ayleen Lilayu |
| Children | Five |
| Occupation | Merchant, politician |
Cesáreo Juvenal Castillo Michea (2 May 1928 – 29 October 1984) was a Chilean merchant and Christian Democratic politician.
He was elected Deputy for the Second Departamental Group of Antofagasta, Tocopilla, El Loa and Taltal, for the 1973–1977 term, but his mandate ended with the dissolution of Congress following the 1973 military coup.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Iquique on 2 May 1928, the son of José Castillo Muñoz, who died when Cesáreo was seven, and Zoila Michea Carvajal. He was married to Ayleen Lilayu Ortiz, with whom he had five children.
He completed his primary and secondary education at Primary School No. 3 and the Commercial Institute of Iquique. He built his career as a merchant and served as President of the General Parent Association of "Nuestra Señora Guadalupe de Ayquina" School in Calama, from 1972 to 1973.
Politically, he began his career by joining the National Falange on 6 July 1946, and later the Christian Democratic Party in 1958. Within the party, he held various leadership roles: municipal vice president (four terms), municipal president (four terms), municipal treasurer of Calama (twice), provincial vice president of Antofagasta, and national counselor for Rural Settlements in 1972.
He was governor of the Department of El Loa from 1964 to 1970, and in 1969 served as President of the Northern Border Opening Commission between Jujuy Province (Argentina) and his country's Antofagasta Province. He then became councilman (regidor) of Calama from 1971 to 1973.
In 1973, he was elected Deputy for the Second Departamental Group, but his legislative career was truncated by the coup of 11 September 1973 and the legal dissolution of Congress on 21 September.