Diego Echenique

Diego Echenique Zegers (7 December 1899 – 6 August 1947) was a Chilean agronomist and politician. He served as mayor of Palmilla and as a senator of the Republic representing the Fifth Provincial Grouping between 1945 and 1947.

Biography He was born in Santiago on 7 December 1899, the son of Gabriel Echenique Tagle and Isidora Zegers Tupper. He never married.

Professional career He studied at the Sacred Hearts School of Santiago and later at the School of Agronomy of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He devoted himself to agricultural activities, managing his estates San Diego de Puquillay and San Miguel del Huique, located in the Colchagua area.

Political career A member of the Liberal Party, he served as a party director in Santiago and was affiliated with the National Front Against Communism.

He served as mayor of Palmilla and as a councilor of the Colonization Fund.

In the 1945 parliamentary elections he was elected senator for the Fifth Provincial Grouping of O'Higgins and Colchagua, serving from 1945 until his death in 1947. During his tenure he served on the standing Committees on Foreign Relations and Trade, which he chaired, and on Agriculture and Colonization.

Other activities He was a member of the National Society of Agriculture and belonged to several social organizations, including the Santiago Jockey Club, the Club de La Unión, the Golf Club, and the Automobile Club of Chile.

He died in Richmond, Kentucky, United States, on 6 August 1947, at the age of 48. He was succeeded in the Senate later that year by Francisco Bulnes Correa.