Carlos Miranda Miranda

Carlos Miranda Miranda (4 November 1891 – 26 July 1967) was a Chilean worker, trade-union leader, and politician.

He served as Mayor of Rancagua between 1947 and 1950 and later as Deputy of the Republic representing Rancagua, Caupolicán, and San Vicente from 1949 to 1961, affiliated with the Agrarian Labor Party.

Biography Born in Rancagua on 4 November 1891, Miranda was the son of a working-class family.

He studied at the Liceo Óscar Castro Zúñiga and began his career as a laborer at the Braden Copper Company, where he became an active trade-union leader.

Thanks to his savings, he opened an iron-supply business while maintaining his work in the mining sector. He married three times; his first wife was Delfina Peña Paredes, with whom he had three children — Nicolás, Carlos, and Celinda — and later Raquel Seguel Bulboa.

Political career Miranda entered public life as a councillor (regidor) of the Municipality of Rancagua, serving from 1938 to 1947. He joined the Agrarian Labor Party in 1947 and was elected Mayor of Rancagua that same year, serving until 1950.

He resigned from that position to run for Parliament.

He was elected Deputy in the 1949 election for the 9th Departmental Grouping (Rancagua, Caupolicán, and San Vicente) for the 1949–1953 legislative term, serving on the Permanent Commission of Industry.

He was re-elected for 1953–1957 and 1957–1961, participating in the Permanent Commission on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.

In January 1961, the Supreme Court officially notified the Chamber of Deputies of his loss of parliamentary immunity, due to a judicial process concerning the illegal export of copper scrap.

Death Miranda died in his hometown of Rancagua on 26 July 1967, aged 75.