Juan Lobos

Juan Enrique Lobos Krause (5 December 1960–11 April 2011) was a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Biography He was born on 5 December 1960. He was married and the father of three children.

He completed his primary and secondary education at the Colegio Alemán. He later entered the University of Concepción, where he qualified as a physician and surgeon. Subsequently, he specialized in General Surgery at the same institution.

He began practicing his profession at the Hospital Base de Los Ángeles Doctor Víctor Ríos Ruiz, where he also served as vice president.

Parliamentary career In December 2009, he was re-elected for District No. 47 for the 2010–2014 legislative period. He chaired the Permanent Commission on Health. He was a member of the Permanent Commission on Housing and Urban Development and served on the Special Commission on Sports. He was part of the parliamentary committee of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).

He died on 11 April 2011 in a car accident near Yumbel, in the Biobío Region. He was replaced in May 2011 by the mayor of Los Ángeles, Joel Rosales.

In December 2005, he was elected deputy for the VIII Region of Biobío representing the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) for the 2006–2010 legislative period, District No. 47, which comprised the communes of Alto Biobío, Antuco, Laja, Los Ángeles, Mulchén, Nacimiento, Negrete, Quilaco, Quilleco, San Rosendo, Santa Bárbara and Tucapel.

During his term, he served on the Permanent Commissions on Health (which he also chaired), Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Natural Resources, and Housing and Urban Development. He also served on the Special Commissions on Sports, Youth, and on the bill Establishing Benefits for Persons with Disabilities, as well as on the investigative commissions concerning the Pangue Hydroelectric Plant and the AUGE Plan.

On an official mission abroad, he participated in the Plenary Meeting of the Andean Parliament in Colombia.

He was a member of the Chilean–Argentine, Chilean–Austrian, Chilean–Finnish, Chilean–Dutch, Chilean–South Korean and Chilean–Swedish interparliamentary groups.