Luzberto Pantoja Rubilar

Luzberto Enrique Pantoja Rubilar (24 August 1902 – 13 August 1987) was a Chilean civil servant, firefighter, and politician, member of the National Democratic Party (Padena).

Biography Pantoja Rubilar was born in Florida, Chile, on 24 August 1902, the son of Jerónimo Pantoja Jara and Zoila Rosa Rubilar Salinas. He completed his primary studies at Primary School No. 1 in Tomé.

He married Enriqueta Henríquez Fuentealba in 1925, with whom he had four children, and later, in 1950, he married María Lidia Saavedra Ramírez, with whom he had a daughter.

Pantoja began his career in the Municipality of Tomé on 15 March 1929, where he served as inspector and later as secretary of the mayor’s office until 1961. He was also president of the Tomé Neighborhood Association and led civic activities such as the 1942 Chilean Boy Scouts “Model Brigade” mission to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Political career A member of the National Democratic Party (Padena), he was elected Deputy for the 17th Departmental Grouping of Concepción, Tomé and Talcahuano in the 1961 parliamentary elections, serving from 1961 to 1965. During his term, he sat on the Permanent Commissions of Public Works, Government and Interior, and Police and Regulations, and participated in the Special Commission on Coal.

After leaving the National Congress, he was elected Mayor of Tomé in the 1967 municipal elections, serving between 1967 and 1971.

Alongside his political career, he served 46 years in the Tomé Fire Department, founding its Third Company, and was active in the Chilean Red Cross, the League for Student Protection, and the Boy Scouts Association. He also presided over the Tomé Sports Council under the Directorate General of Sports and Recreation (DIGEDER).

In recognition of his long civic service, the Municipality of Tomé declared him Illustrious Son in 1984. He died in the same city on 13 August 1987.