Humberto Bolados

Humberto Bolados Ritter (15 March 1910 – 20 March 1987) was a Chilean businessman, farmer and politician who served as Deputy for the 11th Departamental Group (Curicó and Mataquito) during the periods 1949–1953 and 1953–1957.

Biography Humberto Bolados was born in Quillota on 15 March 1910, the son of Pedro Enrique Bolados Carter and Corina Ritter Rivera. He married Emma Hopfenblatt Sanhueza in Santiago on 24 December 1932, with whom he had six children. In a second marriage, he married Lieselotte Friederichs Geitzenhauer in Ñuñoa on 12 March 1973, who was mother to three children.

He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Valparaíso and later completed accounting studies, qualifying as an accountant.

From 1930 to 1937, he worked as administrator of the Guanaco mine in northern Chile. From 1937 onward, he was a broker and farmer in Curicó, where he owned the Santa Emma estate.

He died in Santiago on 20 March 1987.

Political career Bolados was a member of the Conservative Traditionalist Party and later of the National Party. He served as general secretary of Gustavo Ross Santa María's political campaign and was President of the Conservative Party in Curicó for more than ten years.

He served as alderman for Curicó in three terms and as Mayor between 1944 and 1947, a period marked by the construction of the municipal market.

He was elected Deputy for the 11th Departamental Group (Curicó and Mataquito) for the 1949–1953 term, serving on the Permanent Committees on Economy and Commerce, and as substitute member on the Committees on Finance and Public Works. Re-elected for 1953–1957, he sat on the Permanent Committee on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.