Enrique Jaramillo

Ramón Enrique Jaramillo Becker (born 11 July 1937) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Family and early life Jaramillo was born on 11 July 1937 in La Unión. He is the son of Luis Jaramillo and Ingart Herminia Becker.

He is married to María Angélica Astudillo, who served as mayor of La Unión (2004–2008), and is the father of three children: Enrique, who served as councillor of La Unión (2000–2004), Jaime and Jorge.

Professional career He completed his primary education at the Public School of La Unión and his secondary education at the Liceo Educacional of the same city, graduating in 1954. He pursued higher studies in Santiago at the Guillermo Subercaseaux Banking Institute between 1955 and 1956.

Professionally, he worked in banking as an executive and, between 1967 and 1973, served as president of the Banking Federation of Chile. In parallel, he was delegate of the Central Bank of Chile in the Social Area between 1968 and 1970.

In the agricultural sector, he was president of the Federation of Farmers of La Unión between 1980 and 1989 and executive director of the Southern Agricultural Consortium between 1980 and 1991.

Political career Between 1988 and 1989, he was a regional leader of politically dismissed workers and began his membership in the Party for Democracy (PPD).