Juan Rodolfo Marín

Juan Rodolfo Marín
Governor of Coquimbo Department [es]
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
SpouseIlda Arqueros Espinoza
ChildrenJuan Gutenberg
OccupationJournalist, politician

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

Career

Juan Rodolfo Marín started in journalism when he joined the Coquimban newspaper El Progreso [es]. On 2 June 1942, he founded the newspaper El Regional [es],[1] of which he remained the director until 1952 when he was succeeded by Víctor Medina Díaz [es].[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 [es]. He resigned this position in 1952 when he was appointed Governor of Coquimbo Department [es] 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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c d 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) (in Spanish). p. 288. Retrieved 21 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  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.