Julio von Mühlenbrock
Julio von Mühlenbrock | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 15 May 1961 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Constituency | 9th Provincial Group |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1953 – 15 May 1961 | |
| Constituency | 24th Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1912 |
| Died | 8 June 2000 (aged 87) |
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| Spouses |
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| Children | Gisela, Ilona, Julio |
| Relatives | Gastón von Mühlenbrock (nephew) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist |
Julio Ernesto von Mühlenbrock Lira (25 August 1912 – 8 June 2000) was a Chilean journalist and politician. He served as deputy between 1953 and 1961, and later as senator for southern constituencies from 1961 to 1973.[1]
Early life
[edit]He was born in La Serena, the son of Alejandro von Mühlenbrock and Francisca E. Lira. He is the uncle of deputy Gastón von Mühlenbrock.
He married Aida Michaelis Cárcamo, with whom he had two daughters, Gisela and Ilona. After separating, he married María Erica Muñoz Barría, with whom he had a son, Julio.
A journalist by profession, he was director of the newspaper El Correo de Valdivia and a representative of the Sociedad Periodística del Sur (Sopesur).
Political career
[edit]Von Mühlenbrock began his political activity as a member of the Agrarian Labor Party (PAL), where he rose to the position of secretary. In 1954, disagreeing with the leadership of Rafael Tarud, he joined the short-lived Partido Agrario Laborista Recuperacionista, which opposed support for Carlos Ibáñez del Campo in 1957.
He was elected deputy for Llanquihue, Puerto Varas, Maullín, Calbuco and Aysén in 1953, serving until 1961 after being reelected. He was a member of the Permanent Commission on Finance and of the Agrarian Labor Parliamentary Committee. At the same time, he served as councillor of the Banco de Chile (1953–1955).
In 1957 he returned to the PAL, becoming its president before the party dissolved in 1958. He then joined the Liberal Party, and was elected senator for Valdivia, Osorno, Llanquihue, Aysén, Chiloé and Magallanes (1961–1969). In the Senate, he sat on the permanent commissions of Economy and Trade; Agriculture and Colonization; Interior Police; Finance; and Public Works. He also took part in the Liberal Parliamentary Committee (1965–1966), and represented Chile at the Third Inter-American Interparliamentary Conference in Washington in 1964.
In 1966 he left the Liberal Party, remaining as independent until 1968, when he joined the National Party. He was reelected senator for Llanquihue, Osorno and Valdivia (1969–1973). He was alternate senator on several commissions, including Government, Constitution, Justice and Regulations, Public Education, Labor and Social Security, Agriculture and Colonization, Foreign Relations, and Public Health.
Additionally, he served as councillor of the Caja de Crédito Agrario and the Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO), and as a regional delegate of the organization "Defensa de la Raza".
References
[edit]- ^ "Reseña biográfica parlamentaria: Julio Ernesto von Mühlenbrock Lira". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 17 September 2025.