Alberto Jaramillo Bórquez (7 April 1927 â 22 August 2023) was a Chilean teacher of Spanish and politician.
He served as Deputy for the 16th Departamental Group (Chillán, Bulnes and Yungay) from 1965 to 1973, first as a member of the Christian Democratic Party and later the Christian Left.
He was born in Valdivia on 7 April 1927, the son of Roberto Jaramillo Bustamante and Laura Bórquez Riquelme.
He studied at the Colegio Salesiano of Valdivia, the Camilo Ortúzar Montt of Santiago, and the Eduardo de la Barra Lyceum in ValparaÃÂso. He later enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Pontifical Catholic University of ValparaÃÂso, graduating as a teacher of Spanish.
He married Carmen Gloria Carvallo Salazar, with whom he had three daughters: Ana MarÃÂa, Carmen Cecilia and MarÃÂa Victoria Jaramillo Carvallo.
He worked as a teacher at the Liceo de Hombres of Chillán, and between 1961 and 1963 served as Cultural Secretary of the ÃÂuble Teachersâ Federation.
Jaramillo began his political career in 1947 when he joined the Falange Nacional. In 1957 he entered the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), serving as president of the party in Chillán and as national councillor between 1961 and 1963.
In the 1965 elections, he was elected Deputy for the 16th Departamental Group (Chillán, Bulnes and Yungay) for the 1965âÂÂ1969 term. He served on the Permanent Commission of Public Education, was a member of the Chilean Interparliamentary Group in 1965, and a substitute member of the PDC Parliamentary Committee in 1966.
In the 1969 elections, he was re-elected Deputy for the same constituency, serving the 1969âÂÂ1973 term, again on the Permanent Commission of Public Education.
On 30 July 1971 he resigned from the PDC to join the newly formed Christian Left. He justified his departure stating:
He was not re-elected in the 1973 elections, after which he returned to teaching at various schools, including the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Santiago (SS.CC. Alameda).
Jaramillo died in Santiago on 22 August 2023, at the age of 96.