Ignacio Aránguiz Cerda

Ignacio Víctor Horacio Aránguiz Cerda (31 July 1886 – 2 May 1945) was a Chilean landowner and politician associated with the Conservative Party. He served as a deputy during the XXXVII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile.

Biography Aránguiz Cerda was born in Santiago on 31 July 1886, the son of Lisandro Aránguiz Fontecilla and Virginia Cerda Bezanilla. He completed his education at the Seminario de Santiago.

He married Inés Ruiz Correa in Santiago on 19 December 1915, and the couple had four children. He devoted most of his professional life to agriculture, managing and exploiting the Pencahue estate in San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, which he owned.

Political career A member of the Conservative Party, and at times politically independent, Aránguiz Cerda served as mayor of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua for eighteen years.

He was first elected deputy for the Tenth Departmental Circumscription (Caupolicán, San Vicente and San Fernando) for the 1926–1930 legislative period, during which he served on the Standing Committee on Industry and Commerce.

He was later elected deputy for the Ninth Departamental Grouping for the 1933–1937 legislative period. During this term, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene. His parliamentary work focused primarily on regional interests, including initiatives related to child protection and social welfare.

He also collaborated with the press on general political and social issues and spent two years in Europe during his lifetime.

Aránguiz Cerda died on 2 May 1945 at his Pencahue estate in San Vicente de Tagua Tagua. His remains were later interred in Santiago.