Remigio Medina

Remigio Medina
Minister of Agriculture
In office 2 April 1942 – 11 August 1942
President	Juan Antonio Ríos
In office 12 September 1936 – 22 October 1936
President	Arturo Alessandri
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 May 1937 – 15 May 1941
Constituency	18th Departamental Group
In office 15 May 1915 – 15 May 1924
Constituency	Arauco, Lebu and Cañete
Member of the Senate
In office 15 May 1926 – 4 June 1932
In office 1924 – 11 September 1924
Personal details
Born	(1873-03-09)9 March 1873 Cañete, Chile
Died	22 June 1946(1946-06-22) (aged 73) Santiago, Chile
Party	Radical Party (PR)
Occupation	Politician

Remigio Medina Neira (9 March 1873 – 22 June 1946) was a Chilean politician who served as parliamentarian.

Biography

He was born in Cañete on 9 March 1873, son of Remigio Medina and Rosario Neira. He married María Medina Acuña, and they had three children: Sergio, Liliana and Pedro.

He studied at the Liceos of Lebu and Concepción and later entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Concepción. He was admitted to the bar on 28 November 1898; his thesis was titled Algunas cuestiones sobre arbitrios.

He practiced law and served as judicial secretary and public notary in Cañete. For a time he also practiced in Temuco.

He was appointed Minister of War and Navy by President Arturo Alessandri Palma, serving from 17 August to 3 November 1921. During his tenure he addressed the conflict over maritime labor known as the "Redondillas" and the State purchase of the railway from Lebu to Los Sauces. In the second administration of President Alessandri he was appointed Minister of Agriculture from 12 September to 22 October 1936. He later served again as Minister of Agriculture under President Juan Antonio Ríos between 2 April and 11 August 1942. That same government appointed him president of the Compañía de Electricidad in 1942. In 1946 he was member of the Tribunal Calificador de Elecciones.

He was member of the Radical Party since 1892 and served as vice president and president of its Central Board between 1915 and 1924.

He was member of the Club Social de Temuco, the Club de Septiembre and other social and sporting institutions in Santiago and Temuco.

Parliamentary career

He was elected deputy for Arauco, Lebu and Cañete for the periods 1915–1918, 1918–1921 and 1921–1924. He was president of the Chamber of Deputies from 5 June to 10 July 1923. He later served again as deputy for the same constituency for the 1937–1941 period.

As deputy he served on the Permanent Commissions of Elections (1915–1918, 1918–1921); War and Navy, which he presided over during the 1921–1924 period; and later on Interior Government, Agriculture and Colonization, and Interior Police (1937–1941).

He was elected senator for Arauco in 1924 and re-elected senator for Arauco, Malleco and Cautín for the 1926–1930 and 1930–1932 periods.

References

External links

• BCN Profile