Fernando Moller Bordeu

Fernando Moller Bordeu (Concepción, 16 April 1892 – Santiago, 18 June 1983) was a Chilean lawyer, farmer, and politician.

A member of the Radical Party of Chile, he served in several cabinet posts under Presidents Arturo Alessandri, Juan Antonio Ríos, and Gabriel González Videla, as well as during the vice-presidencies of Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez and Vicente Merino Bielich.

Biography Moller was born in Concepción on 16 April 1892, the son of Alberto Moller Zerrano and Noemí Bordeu Olivares. His brothers Alberto, Manuel, and Víctor were also Radical Party politicians; Alberto and Manuel served in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

He completed his primary and secondary education at the Liceo de Concepción and later studied law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer in 1916.

He married Marta Alcalde Pinto, daughter of Julio Alcalde Lecaros and Carmela Pinto Cruz, the latter a daughter of former President Aníbal Pinto. They had one daughter, Silvia Moller Alcalde.

Public career Moller practiced law until 1927, after which he devoted himself to agriculture, operating the Renaico estate together with his brothers until 1938.

A member of the Radical Party of Chile, Moller first entered the cabinet during the second administration of Liberal president Arturo Alessandri. On 22 October 1936, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture, serving until 25 May 1937.

Under President Juan Antonio Ríos, he returned to the Ministry of Agriculture, serving from 11 August 1942 to 7 June 1943. Later that year, on 1 September 1943, he replaced Guillermo del Pedregal as Minister of Economy and Commerce, holding the post until 6 October 1944.

In 1946, during the vice-presidency of Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez, Moller was appointed Minister of Justice on 3 February. He remained in that office under Vice President Vicente Merino Bielich until 6 September 1946. During Merino Bielich's vice-presidency, he also served simultaneously as acting Minister of the Interior from 3 to 13 August 1946.

During the administration of President Gabriel González Videla, Moller was appointed Minister of Agriculture for a third time, serving from 27 February 1950 to 3 April 1952.

He later served as a board member of the Popular Housing Fund, the Agricultural Credit Fund, the Transport Corporation, and the Institute of Agricultural Economy. He was also vice president of the National Agriculture Society, president of the Agricultural Administration Consortium, and commissioner of the Club Hípico de Santiago.

Moller was awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (Paraguay). He died in Santiago on 18 June 1983, at the age of 91.