Jorge Pérez Gacitúa

Jorge Pérez Gacitúa (born 6 May 1895) was a Chilean accountant, businessman and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a deputy during the 1933–1937 legislative period, representing the 4th Departamental Grouping.

Biography Pérez Gacitúa was born in Valparaíso on 6 May 1895, the son of Lindor Pérez Gazitúa and Cleta Gazitúa Argüelles. He married Raquel Encina.

He studied accounting in Chile and engineering at the University of Ghent in Belgium, qualifying professionally as an accountant.

He began his career as a banking employee at Banco Español de Chile and later worked at the National City Bank of Santiago, where he became head of the Foreign Exchange Section. He also served as an official of the Trust National Bank of Boston in Buenos Aires. Until 1932, he was an inspector of the Superintendence of Corporations. From 1933 onward, he worked as a stockbroker at the Santiago Stock Exchange.

He held directorial and executive positions in numerous companies, including Sociedad de Tejidos El Morro, Compañía de Telégrafo Comercial, Sociedad Agrícola y Comercial S.A. Vera y Cía. Ltda., Compañía Cartonera Lo Ovalle (as president), and Compañía Textil Sedatex S.A. (as general manager). He also owned the Yaninco mine, which exported tungsten and precipitated copper.

In parallel, he engaged in agricultural activities, exploiting the estates La Brunina in Salamanca and El Manzano in Putaendo. He participated in the governmental commission sent to Magallanes in 1935 and was a member of the Chaco Peace Commission convened in Buenos Aires.

Political career A militant of the Conservative Party, Pérez Gacitúa served as director general of the party.

He was elected deputy for the 4th Departamental Grouping for the 1933–1937 legislative period. In the Chamber of Deputies, he served on the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and Trade and on the Standing Committee on Finance.