Ángel Vicuña

Angel Custodio Vicuña Pérez (4 August 1883 – ) was a Chilean lawyer and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who served as a deputy for the 4th Departamental Circumscription.

Biography He was born on 4 August 1883 in Santiago, Chile to Angel Custodio Vicuña Vicuña and Bartolina Pérez Sánchez. He married Beatriz Rivas Vicuña. He studied at the Seminario Menor and the Colegio San Agustín, and later read law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, being admitted as a lawyer on 6 December 1905 with the thesis Proteccionismo aplicado a la industria chilena.

After graduation he traveled to Europe, where he resided for more than twenty years, returning to Chile in 1927. He engaged in mining enterprises and was founder and counselor of the Caja de Crédito Minero, representing the institution abroad and holding positions in financial and industrial entities. He was a member of the Club de la Unión.

Political career A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he was elected deputy for the 4th Departamental Circumscription (La Serena, Coquimbo, Elqui, Ovalle, Combarbalá and Illapel) for the 1926–1930 term.

During this period he served on the Commission of Interior Government and, as substitute member, on the Commission of Industry and Commerce. He was reelected for the 1930–1934 period, serving on the Commission of Interior Police and as substitute member on the Commission of Labor and Social Welfare; the Congress was dissolved on 6 June 1932.