Lisandro Fuentealba Troncoso

Lisandro Fuentealba Troncoso (9 July 1894 – 21 August 1966) was a Chilean agronomist and parliamentarian.

Biography Fuentealba Troncoso was educated at the Liceo of Chillán and later studied at the University of Chile, where he qualified as an agricultural engineer in 1920.

He carried out most of his professional activity in the province of Cautín, working on the estate La Victoria in Traiguén. He was active in local agricultural and political affairs and served as president of the Liberal Party in Cautín Province.

Political career Fuentealba Troncoso was initially a member of the Liberal Party. In 1934, he joined the Democratic Party and ran in a complementary parliamentary election to fill the vacancy left by Alejandro Serani Burgos, who had been appointed Minister of Lands and Colonization. He narrowly lost the election to the Radical candidate Pedro Hernán Freeman Caris.

He was subsequently elected Deputy for the 20th Departmental Group —Angol, Collipulli, Traiguén and Victoria— for the 1941–1945 term. During this period, he served on the Standing Committee on Social Medical Assistance and Hygiene.

He was re-elected Deputy for the same constituency for the 1945–1949 term, continuing to serve on the same standing committee.

Fuentealba Troncoso died in Santiago on 21 August 1966.