Guillermo González Echenique

Guillermo González Echenique (born 1882) was a Chilean lawyer, journalist, farmer and politician of the Conservative Party. He served as a deputy representing the Tenth Departamental Grouping of Caupolicán, San Vicente and San Fernando during the 1930–1934 legislative period.

He was a member of the Club de la Unión, the Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura (SNA) and the Hogar de Estudiantes.

Biography González Echenique was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1882, the son of Alberto González Errázuriz and Ana Echenique Gandarillas.

He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio and later law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer in May 1905 with a thesis titled La legislación agrícola.

He practiced law and also worked as a journalist. He collaborated on political, financial, economic and nitrate-related issues in the newspapers El Diario Ilustrado and El Imparcial. At the former he served as manager and director until 1920.

He also wrote essays on subjects such as cooperativism and school education.

Alongside his professional activities he worked in agriculture. He managed the farm San Rafael in Conchalí, later the farm Recoleta in Santiago from 1920, and from 1935 the estate Lo Calvo in Los Andes, which he owned.

Political career A member of the Conservative Party, González Echenique served as councillor of the Santiago municipality.

He was elected deputy for the Tenth Departamental Grouping of Caupolicán, San Vicente and San Fernando for the 1930–1934 legislative period.

During his tenure he served on the Permanent Commission on Public Education and the Permanent Commission on Budgets and Objected Decrees.

The 1932 Chilean coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.