Carlos Caminondo

Carlos Caminondo Sáez (28 September 1937–25 July 2024) was a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Family and early life He was born in Lautaro on 28 December 1937, the son of Juan Caminondo Anabit and María Pascuala Sáez Arriagada. In 1961, he married Carmen Calvo Plaza, with whom he had three daughters.

He completed his primary education at the Colegio Alianza Francesa de Concepción and his secondary studies at the Colegio San José de Temuco. After finishing school, he entered the Escuela de Aviación Capitán Ávalos, where he remained for two years.

In the professional sphere, he held various executive positions in companies, including Berries de La Unión and Olifrut. He also served as vice president of Banco O'Higgins.

Political career He began his political career as a leader of the agricultural guild in La Unión, Los Lagos Region.

In 1968 and 1989, he served as president of the Asociación de Productores Agrícola. In 1987, he was founder and director of Procarne. At the same time, between 1982 and 1989, he served as president of the Federación Nacional de Cooperativas Lechera. He was also director and president of the Cooperativa Agrícola y Lechera de La Unión (Colún), positions from which he resigned in 1989.

In the political arena, he was one of the promoters of the Movimiento Unión Nacional in the Los Lagos Region. He later joined National Renewal and decided to run for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.

In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he was elected for District No. 54 (communes of Panguipulli, Los Lagos, Futrono, Lago Ranco, Río Bueno, La Unión, and Paillaco), Tenth Region. He obtained the highest vote in the district, receiving 23,894 votes, corresponding to 29.82% of the valid votes cast.

In 1993, he was re-elected in the same district after obtaining 24,249 votes, equivalent to 29.80% of the valid votes. In the 1997 elections, he was elected deputy for a third term, again with the highest vote, obtaining 21,170 votes, corresponding to 29.27% of the total validly cast ballots. However, in the 2001 elections he was not re-elected.

After concluding his final term in the Chamber of Deputies, he devoted himself to business activities. He died in Santiago on 25 July 2024.