Alfonso Rodríguez del Río

José Alfonso Rodríguez del Río (born 29 January 1948) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Early life and family Rodríguez del Río was born in San Isidro on 29 January 1948. He is the son of León Alfonso Rodríguez Yáñez and Leonor Ester del Río León. In March 1972, he married Isabel Margarita del Solar, and they had four children.

He completed his primary education at Colegio Padres Franceses in Santiago and his secondary education at Colegio San Ignacio.

In the private sector, he worked in agriculture, managing the estate "El Carmen". He was an exporting entrepreneur of asparagus, raspberries, and dairy products.

Political career In 1982, he assumed the presidency of the Agricultural Association of Parral and Retiro, holding the position until 1987.

Between 1984 and 1987, he served as Mayor of the commune of Retiro. During the following two years, he was the highest municipal authority of Parral, stepping down in 1989 to run for the Chamber of Deputies.

At the same time, he joined Renovación Nacional, where he held the position of regional leader.

In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for District No. 40, representing the communes of Longaví, Retiro, Parral, Cauquenes, Pelluhue, and Chanco, in the VII Region, for the 1990–1994 term. He obtained 14,578 votes, corresponding to 19.37% of the validly cast ballots.