Edesio García

José Edesio García Setz (10 April 1902 – 5 October 1987) was a Chilean businessman and parliamentarian affiliated with the Conservative Party.

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the XLVI Legislative Period (1949–1953), representing southern Chile.

Biography García Setz was born in Puerto Montt on 10 April 1902, the son of José del Carmen García and María Setz. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Colegio San Francisco of Puerto Montt.

He began his professional career as an employee of Grace & Co. and later worked for the Braun y Blanchard Company in Puerto Montt. From 1935 onwards, he engaged in commercial activity, operating his own retail business under the name Emporio Edesio García Setz.

He married Ana Ema Brahm Appel on 25 May 1928. The couple had two daughters.

García Setz died in Providencia, Santiago, on 5 October 1987.

Political career A member of the Conservative Party, García Setz served as first councillor (primer regidor) of the Municipality of Puerto Montt between 1942 and 1944, and subsequently as mayor of the city from 1944 to 1946.

In the parliamentary elections of 1949, he was elected Deputy for the 24th Departmental Group —Llanquihue, Puerto Varas, Calbuco, Maullín and Aysén— serving during the 1949–1953 legislative period.

During his tenure, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Government Interior and as a replacement member of the Committees on National Defence, Public Works and Roads, Agriculture and Colonization, and Internal Police and Regulations.