Juan Segundo Checura Jeria

Juan Segundo Checura Jeria (24 July 1914 – 23 May 2006) was a Chilean journalist and politician of the Radical Party.

He was the son of Juan Checura Malcolm and Rosa Jeria Jiménez. He married Berta Oquendo Rojas and, in a second marriage, Rebeca Pino Lobo.

Professional career He studied in Iquique and later in Santiago. Although he did not complete a university degree, he devoted himself to journalism from a young age. He worked for the newspaper El Tarapacá of Iquique and was a correspondent for El Diario Ilustrado before joining El Debate in Santiago.

He also served as secretary of the Governorship of Pisagua (1929–1939), and later as inspector and secretary in the Ministry of Public Works and Communications in the Department of Roads (1941–1945).

Political career A member of the Radical Party, he rose to the position of secretary general of the organization.

He was elected Deputy for the Departmental Grouping of Arica, Iquique and Pisagua (1953–1957), serving on the Permanent Commission on Public Works and Roads.

Re-elected deputy for the same constituency (1961–1965), he remained a member of the same standing committee of the Chamber of Deputies.

He was also a prominent labor leader, serving as president of the National Council of Public Employees (JUNECH) and the National Association of Public Employees (ANEF) between 1945 and 1955.