Francisco Adriano Caro Rodríguez (born 1870) was the eighth mayor of the commune of Pichilemu, Chile, an office which he held between December 1925 and May 1927.

Biography

Caro Rodríguez was born in San Antonio de Petrel,

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, Chile. His parents were José María Caro Martínez, first mayor of Pichilemu, and Rita Rodríguez Acevedo; the couple had nine children, including Francisco Adriano and

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, who became the first Chilean

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of the

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Political career

Caro Rodríguez was elected ''

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'' of Pichilemu in 1906 for a three-year term, and was re-elected in 1912, 1918, 1921, and 1924. Following

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' resignation as mayor of Pichilemu in 1925, the

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elected Francisco Caro to complete his term, which lasted until May 1927. Eleven days after he took office as mayor of Pichilemu, Caro Rodríguez represented the commune when Pichilemu railway station was inaugurated and the first train arrived, described as a "historically important event" by Washington Saldías of the '' Pichilemu News''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caro Rodriguez, Francisco 1870 births 20th-century deaths Mayors of Pichilemu Francisco Adriano Chilean people of Basque descent