Jorge Andrés Guerra Toledo

Jorge Andrés Guerra Toledo (1882 – 25 October 1947) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as deputy during the parliamentary periods between 1921 and 1930 and as Minister of War and Navy in 1923.

Biography He was born in Vichuquén in 1882, the son of Ciro Antonio Guerra and María Octavia Toledo. He married Inés Larraín Gana, and they had five children.

He studied at the Seminario Conciliar of Santiago and at the Instituto Nacional, and later entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 18 August 1903. His thesis was titled Las acciones posesorias y su tramitación según el código de procedimiento.

He practiced law and was involved in nitrate businesses in Antofagasta and Taltal. He also engaged in real estate construction, developing rental housing and sanitary dwellings, and was a landowner with estates in San Bernardo and Petorca.

He was a member of the Sociedad de Historia y Geografía and the Sociedad de Instrucción Primaria. He belonged to the Club de la Unión from 1928 and to the Club de Septiembre. He traveled to Egypt, Europe and the Americas.

He died in Santiago on 25 October 1947.

Political career He was affiliated at different times with the Liberal Party, the Radical Party of Chile and the National Party.

He was elected deputy for Petorca and La Ligua for the 1921–1924 period, serving on the Permanent Commission of Industry and Agriculture. He was re-elected for the 1924–1927 period; however, his term was interrupted by the dissolution of Congress on 11 September 1924 by decree of the Government Junta.

He was again elected deputy for the 5th Departamental Circumscription (Petorca, La Ligua, Putaendo, San Felipe and Los Andes) for the 1926–1930 period, serving as substitute member on the Permanent Commissions of Interior Government and of Agriculture and Colonization.

He was appointed Minister of War and Navy by President Arturo Alessandri Palma, serving from 16 March to 14 June 1923.