Guido Castilla Hernández

Guido Castilla Hernández (23 November 1937 – 4 March 1984) was a Chilean history and science teacher, student leader, and Christian Democratic politician.

He served as Deputy for the 14th Departamental Group –Linares, Loncomilla and Parral– for three consecutive terms from 1965 to 1973, until the military coup ended his tenure.

Biography Born in Cauquenes to Manuel Gustavo Castilla and Luisa Aurelia Hernández. He first married María Julia Peña Díaz and later Lilian del Carmen Pradenas Morán.

He attended the Liceo de Hombres de Linares and studied at the Technical University of the State, where he earned his teaching degree in History and Economics. He taught at the San Miguel School and at Linares Night High School in 1958.

He joined the Christian Democratic Party in 1958, becoming provincial youth president in Linares that year and party secretary general in 1960. He was president of the Student Federation of the Technical University of the State from 1960 to 1962, and president of the Union of University Students’ Federations from 1962 to 1963. He represented Chile at the World Student Congress in the Netherlands and participated in youth and student initiatives across Europe.