Evaldo Klein Doener

Evaldo Klein Doerner (9 September 1914 – 18 January 1989) was a Chilean accountant, journalist, and politician.

He served as Deputy for the 25th Departmental Group in two separate periods (1961–1965 and 1969–1973), representing southern Chile.

Biography He was the son of Carlos Klein and Ana Doerner. He married Eduvigis Barrientos, and later Nerda Edulia Olivares Soza.

He studied at Colegio Santa María in Puerto Varas, the Liceo Mixto of Pablo Riechling, and the Colegio Alemán of Puerto Varas. He completed an accounting correspondence course at the Tancredo Pinochet LeBrun Institute in Santiago.

He worked in agriculture and managed the Santa María mill (1936–1941). He was a correspondent for the newspaper El Llanquihue of Puerto Montt (1935) and for Vea magazine in Santiago. He also worked in radio journalism at Radio Eleuterio Ramírez in Osorno.

From 1941 onwards, he practiced as an accountant in Puerto Varas.

Political career Klein initially joined the National Socialist Movement of Chile in 1938 and later the Agrarian Labor Party in 1948. He was elected councilman (regidor) of Puerto Varas (1947–1952) and later mayor of the commune (1952–1958).

In 1958 he joined the Liberal Party. He was elected Deputy for the 25th Departmental Group (Llanquihue, Puerto Varas, Maullín, Calbuco, Aysén, Coyhaique, and Chile Chico) for the legislative period 1961–1965, serving on the Permanent Committee on Labor and Social Legislation.

In 1966 he joined the newly founded National Party. He was re-elected Deputy for Llanquihue for the period 1969–1973, serving on the Permanent Committee on Housing and Urbanism.