Manuel Montalba Vega

Manuel Roberto Montalba Vega (16 November 1906 – 30 January 1975) was a Chilean lawyer and parliamentarian affiliated with the Conservative Party.

He served two consecutive terms as a member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1945 and 1953, representing the southern districts of Chile.

Biography Montalba Vega was born in Concepción on 16 November 1906, the son of Manuel Montalba Hodges and Laura Vega Baeza. He completed his early education in Arauco and at the Seminary of Concepción. He later studied law through the legal course at the Liceo of Concepción and at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 14 September 1928.

He married María Teresa Frugone Gómez in 1939. The couple had no children.

Professional career Montalba Vega served as secretary of the Intendancy of Aysén between 1935 and 1936 and later worked in the Fiscal Defence Service in the same region. In 1945, he served as delegate of the Bankruptcy Syndicate (Sindicatura de Quiebras) and as legal counsel to the Municipality of Aysén.

Political career A member of the Conservative Party, Montalba Vega was elected Deputy for the 18th Departmental Group —Arauco, Lebu and Cañete— for the 1945–1949 parliamentary term.

During this first term, he served as a replacement member of the Standing Committees on Constitution, Legislation and Justice; National Defence; and Industry, and as a full member of the Committee on Agriculture and Colonization.

He was re-elected for the same constituency for the 1949–1953 legislative period. During this term, he served as a replacement member of the Standing Committee on Constitution, Legislation and Justice and as a full member of the Committee on Public Education.

Death Montalba Vega died in Santiago on 30 January 1975.