Manuel Valdés Solar

Manuel Valdés Solar (26 October 1919 – 2007) was a Chilean lawyer, farmer and politician.

He served as deputy in three terms for the 17th Departmental District (Concepción, Tomé, Talcahuano, Yumbel and Coronel), Biobío Region, between 1953 and 1969.

Biography He was born in Arica on 26 October 1919, the son of Eduardo Guillermo Valdés Gaymer and Sofía Solar Matamala. On 24 December 1961, he married Ana Agdalina Sepúlveda Sayers in San Pedro. They had three children: Clara, Manuel Eduardo and Ana Eloísa.

He studied at the Seminary of Concepción and later at the University of Concepción, where he earned his law degree. He worked as a lawyer and also engaged in farming.

Throughout his political career, Valdés Solar was initially a member of the Socialist Popular Party (PSP). Later he joined the National Party, and eventually became a member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).

In 1953, he was elected deputy representing the PSP for the 17th Departmental District (Concepción, Tomé, Talcahuano, Yumbel and Coronel), serving the 1953–1957 term. He was re-elected in 1957 for another term (1957–1961), and again in 1965 (1965–1969), this time already as a member of the PDC.

He also served as Head of the National Peasant Department and was one of the main promoters of INDAP (Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario) in the Province of Concepción.