Juan Rodolfo Marín

Juan Rodolfo Marín (1909 – 10 April 1967) was a Chilean journalist and politician.

Juan Rodolfo Marín
Governor of Coquimbo Department
In office
4 November 1952 – 4 November 1958
Preceded byJorge Marín Garay
Succeeded byCarlos Alberto Castex Taborga
Councillor of Coquimbo
In office
May 1950 – 4 November 1952
Personal details
Born1909 (1909)
Coquimbo, Chile
Died10 April 1967(1967-04-10) (aged 57–58)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyAgrarian Labor Party
Spouse(s)Ilda Arqueros Espinoza
ChildrenJuan Gutenberg
OccupationJournalist, politician

Career

Juan Rodolfo Marín started in journalism when he joined the Coquimban newspaper El Progreso. On 2 June 1942, he founded the newspaper El Regional,[1] of which he remained the director until 1952 when he was succeeded by Víctor Medina Díaz.[2]

He served in the Agrarian Labor Party, and was elected councillor of the Municipality of Coquimbo by said party in the 1950 municipal elections. He resigned this position in 1952 when he was appointed Governor of Coquimbo Department by the newly elected President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. Marín served in that position throughout his presidency, until 4 November 1958.[1]

In 1963 he was awarded the National Prize for Journalism, with mention in the Feature category.[1][3] The following year the Municipality of Coquimbo named him an Illustrious Son,[2] and that September he published the text Historia de la Pampilla that recounts the history of the Coquimban Pampilla Festival.[4][5]

Personal life

Juan Rodolfo Marín was married to Ilda Arqueros Espinoza,[1] with whom he had one son, Juan Gutenberg.[2]

Marín died at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Santiago on 10 April 1967.[2]

References
  1. "Reconocida vecina cumple cien años" [Distinguished Neighbor Turns 100]. El Día (in Spanish). 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. Ramírez Portilla, Juan (2005). Personajes e Imágenes de Coquimbo. Tomo 1 [Characters and Images of Coquimbo. Volume 1] (in Spanish). Coquimbo: Imprenta Silva.
  3. Hott, Jacqueline; Larraín, Consuelo (eds.). Anexo 1: Lista de galardonados [Annex 1: List of Winners] (PDF). Veintidós caracteres (in Spanish). p. 288. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. Rojas Clavería, Fernando (24 September 2006). "Historia de la Pampilla" (PDF). La Región (in Spanish). Coquimbo. p. 5. Retrieved 21 December 2017 – via Biblioteca Nacional de Chile.
  5. "Vista Completa del Registro" [Complete View of the Registry] (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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