Gustavo Ramírez Vergara

Gustavo Ramírez Vergara (10 March 1932 – 31 July 2019) was a Chilean politician who served as a deputy.

He also held positions in local government as councilman –regidor– of Talca and was active in student leadership at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Later in his career, he founded the Regionalist Party, supported Arturo Frei Bolívar in the 1999 presidential election, and published a genealogical book about his family lineage.

Biography He was the son of Bartolomé Ramírez Benavente and Elvira Vergara Ramírez. In 1958, he married Ana Nivia Gómez Capitaine, with whom he had five children: Gustavo Alejandro Alfonso, Héctor Leonardo, Carlos Eduardo, Rodrigo Eugenio, and Nivia Marianela.

He completed his secondary studies at the Liceo de Hombres de Talca, and pursued higher education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC), where he graduated as a chemical engineer. During his student years, he was a leader of the UC Students' Federation (FEUC).

His political activities began when he joined the Agrarian Labor Party. He later joined the Christian Democratic Party, where he served as provincial treasurer of the party in Maule.

Political career In the 1957 parliamentary elections, he ran as a candidate for deputy for the 12th Departmental Group (Talca, Lontué and Curepto) for the 1957–1961 term, but was not elected. In 1963, he was elected councilman (regidor) for Talca.

In 1965, he was elected deputy for the 12th Departmental Group (Talca, Lontué and Curepto) for the 1965–1969 term. He was a member of the Standing Committees on National Defense; Economy and Trade; Public Education; Agriculture; and Mining and Industry. He also served on the Special Committee on Winemaking. He was re-elected in 1969 and 1973. The military coup of 11 September 1973 brought his term to an early end.

After the military dictatorship, he was once again elected deputy, this time for District 36 (Curicó, Teno, Romeral, Molina, Sagrada Familia, Hualañé, Licantén, Vichuquén, and Rauco), serving from 1990 to 1994. He was a member of the Standing Committees on Finance, and Internal Regime, Administration and Regulations.

Around 1999, he left the Christian Democratic Party and led the Regionalist Party. In the 1999 presidential election, he supported candidate Arturo Frei Bolívar. In 2001, he unsuccessfully attempted to return to Congress as an independent candidate for deputy for District 37 (Talca).

In 1996, he published La Familia Ramírez Vergara: Origen y Desarrollo (1541–1984), a book of genealogical notes gathered over several years of research, covering both his paternal and maternal ancestral lines.