Jorge Cvitanic Simunovich

Jorge Cvitanic Simunovich (16 April 1913 – 9 August 1971) was a Chilean accountant and Radical Party politician. He served as regidor and mayor of Punta Arenas, and later as Deputy of the Republic (1961–1965).

Biography He was born in Punta Arenas on 16 April 1913, the son of Jorge Cvitanic and Dominga Simunovic. He married Ljuba Kusanovic Kusanovic in 1951, with whom he had three children.

He studied at the Salesian College and the Liceo de Hombres of Punta Arenas. Later he enrolled at the Instituto de Contadores de Magallanes, graduating as a public accountant in 1938.

He worked at the Bank of Punta Arenas, where he rose to the position of deputy accountant (1929–1949). He was then auditor at the state-owned Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (1950–1961).

A member of the Radical Party of Chile, he was president of the Radical Assembly of Magallanes. He was elected regidor of the Municipality of Punta Arenas (1947–1949), and later mayor (1949–1950). In the 1961 Chilean parliamentary election, he was elected Deputy for the 27th Departmental Group (Magallanes, Última Esperanza and Tierra del Fuego), serving until 1965. In Congress, he was part of the Committee on Agriculture and Colonization.

Beyond politics, he was director of the Sociedad Rural de Magallanes, president of the Yugoslav Club, and promoter of various sports activities in Magallanes such as football, athletics, boxing and cycling, which earned him honorary membership of the Sociedad de Gimnasia de Magallanes. He was also active in the Club de La Unión and the Lions Club.

He died in Punta Arenas on 9 August 1971, at the age of 58.