Jorge Morales Adriasola

Jorge Morales Adriasola (2 October 1931 – 19 October 2019) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Early life and family Morales was born on 2 October 1931 in Ancud. He was the son of Raúl Morales Beltramí and Guillermina Adriasola Espejo. He married Blanca Mettifogo, and they had one daughter.

He completed his primary education at the Instituto Nacional and his secondary studies at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana (INBA) in Santiago. After finishing school, he enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Concepción and later continued his studies at the University of Chile, where he obtained the degree of physician and surgeon.

In 1967, he settled in Coquimbo, where he worked at the Servicio Médico Nacional (SERMENA), focusing primarily on bronchopulmonary diseases and laboratory work.

Political career He began his political career in the Radical Party, remaining until 1970, when he resigned after not supporting the presidential candidacy of former President Salvador Allende Gossens. He subsequently joined Democracia Radical. In 1971, he became a member of the National Party, and in 1989 he joined Renovación Nacional.

In 1963, he was elected Mayor of La Serena, serving until 1968. In the 1969 parliamentary elections, he ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the 4th Departmental Grouping (Coquimbo Region), but was not elected.

In 1971, he was elected independent councilor (Regidor) for La Serena. In 1973, he ran for Deputy for the same electoral grouping representing the National Party, but was not elected.

In 1978, he was appointed Mayor of Coquimbo by the military regime, serving until 1989. In 1979, he participated in the reorganization of SERMENA, which that year, by decree of the Ministry of Health, was renamed the National Health Fund (FONASA).

In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he ran for Deputy for District No. 8 (Coquimbo, Ovalle, and Río Hurtado), IV Region, for the 1990–1994 term. He was elected with 16,817 votes (17.79% of the validly cast ballots). In 1993, he ran for re-election in the same district but was not re-elected. In 1997, he again ran for the Chamber of Deputies for District No. 8 but was not elected.

In the 2013 Regional Council elections, he was a candidate for the Elqui provincial constituency but was not elected.

From 2003 to 2019, he served as a psychotechnical physician for the Traffic Department.