Ismael Carrasco Rábago

Ismael Carrasco Rábago (26 January 1882 – 5 April 1946) was a Chilean military officer and Radical Party politician who served as Deputy for the 6th Departamental Group (Valparaíso, Casablanca, Quillota and Limache) between 1932 and 1946.

Early life and military career Born to David Carrasco and Rosario Rábago, he studied at the Liceo de Hombres de Rancagua and later at the Escuela Militar.

He undertook several specialization trips to Europe. In Germany he served in the 18th Artillery Regiment in Frankfurt, reaching the rank of Captain. Upon returning to Chile, he was assigned to the Regimiento de Artillería General Maturana.

Carrasco served as an officer of the General Staff of the III Division in Concepción, aide to the Personnel Department of the Ministry of War, and later Chief of Staff of the II Motorized Division. He taught Topography at the Military Academy and organized the Military Club Life Insurance System.

During the first government of President Arturo Alessandri (1920–1925), he served as Prefect of Police in Valparaíso, where he founded the Police Hospital. After the 1924 military movement he headed the Department of Recruitment and Marksmanship, and later became General Director of Police once Alessandri returned to power.

He subsequently served as Military Attaché in Paris, commanded the Anti-Aircraft Artillery School of Metz, and represented Chile before the League of Nations' Disarmament Preparatory Commission.

Political career He retired from the Army in 1928 to devote himself to commercial and political activity. A member of the Radical Party since 1920, he was twice imprisoned and later deported to Argentina during the government of General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.

He was part of the Partido Social Republicano (1931–1935) before rejoining the Radical Party, becoming its national Vice President in 1940.

Carrasco was elected Deputy for the 6th Departamental Group for the periods 1932–1937, 1937–1941, 1941–1945 and 1945–1949, serving on the Standing Committees on National Defense, Interior Government and Economy and Trade.

He died in office on 5 April 1946 and was replaced by Conservative candidate Enrique Wiegand Frödden, who won the by-election with 21,304 votes, defeating Rolando Rivas Fernández (PRD), Esteban Delgadillo (Communist Party) and Francisco Vío (Falange Nacional).