Juan de Dios Reyes

Juan de Dios Reyes Moya (13 January 1905 – 20 March 1977) was a Chilean lawyer, politician, and writer affiliated with the Conservative Party.

He served as Deputy of the Republic for the 12th Departmental Grouping (Talca, Lontué, and Curepto) during the legislative periods 1945–1949 and 1949–1953, and later for the 18th Departmental Grouping (Lebu, Arauco, and Cañete) during 1957–1961.

He studied humanities at the Liceo de Cauquenes and pursued law at the University of Chile. In 1927, he was deported during his student years and continued his studies at the Central University of Ecuador in Quito, where he graduated as a lawyer on 12 May 1927 before the Superior Court of Cuenca. His degree was validated in Chile on 22 March 1929.

He began his career as assistant lawyer in the Legal Advisory Office of the Internal Revenue Service. He served as legal secretary of the Intendency of Linares, and held various positions in the Ministry of the Interior. He was acting governor of Cauquenes and Constitución, and later served as councilman and mayor of the Municipality of Talca.

In academia, he taught Civic Instruction at the Liceo de Linares and the Liceo Blanco Encalada of Talca. In journalism, he worked for the newspaper La Nación, directed La Verdad of Cauquenes, and founded the "Boletín de Municipalidades" of the Ministry of the Interior.

Publications Reyes Moya was author of several works, including: Cantos del hogar. Poesías (Linares, Imprenta Freire, 1938) El Partido Conservador y la doctrina social-cristiana. Discurso (Santiago, Talleres Gráficos La Nación, 1946) El Partido Conservador y los fundamentos cristianos para una nueva política en Chile. Discurso (Santiago, Talleres Gráficos La Nación, 1945) Renacimiento de la energía eléctrica en Aconcagua, Valparaíso y Santiago (Santiago, Talleres Gráficos La Nación, 1947) Las relaciones diplomáticas entre Chile y Argentina. Discursos (Santiago, Talleres Poligráficos Claret, s/f; co-author)

Political career A member of the Conservative Party, Reyes Moya organized and presided over the Conservative Youth in Talca. He held multiple public positions, including those of councilman, mayor, and interim governor.

He was elected Deputy of the Republic for the 12th Departmental Grouping (Talca, Lontué, and Curepto) for the 1945–1949 and 1949–1953 legislative periods, and later for the 18th Departmental Grouping (Lebu, Arauco, and Cañete) for 1957–1961.

He died in Santiago on 20 March 1977.