Felipe Iturriaga Esquivel (December 7, 1899 – September 2, 1977) was a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an politician,

Mayor of Pichilemu The Mayor of Pichilemu is an elected politician who is the head of the executive branch of government of the commune of Pichilemu, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Chile. The mayor presides over the local city council, composed of s ...

from 1932 to 1935, 1941–1944 and 1956–1960.

Biography

Iturriaga was born in Colchagua on December 7, 1899. He was baptized in

Ciruelos Ciruelos (Spanish for ''plum trees'', ) is a Chilean village located southeast of Pichilemu, Cardenal Caro Province Cardenal Caro Province ( es, Provincia Cardenal Caro) is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (V ...

Parish, where he lived for most of his life. Iturriaga married

Olga Maturana Olga Maturana Espinosa (October 10, 1906 – July 16, 1973) was a Chilean politician born in Santiago. Maturana worked as Councillor of Pichilemu in 1950, and became the first female Mayor of Pichilemu in 1951. Biography Maturana was born on Oct ...

(1906–1973), and they had 5 children: Arturo Iturriaga; María Mercedes Iturriaga; Carlos Iturriaga; Olga Iturriaga; and Rodolfo Iturriaga. Iturriaga died in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

on September 2, 1977. Iturriaga was a member of the

Conservative Party of Chile The Conservative Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Conservador'', PCon) of Chile was one of the principal Chilean political parties since its foundation in 1836 until 1948, when it broke apart. In 1953 it reformed as the United Conservative Party and ...

References

1899 births 1977 deaths People from Colchagua Province Mayors of Pichilemu Chilean people of Basque descent Conservative Party (Chile) politicians {{Chile-mayor-stub