Mario Arancibia Cárdenas

Mario Modesto Arancibia Cárdenas (born 28 July 1918) was a Chilean lawyer and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party.

He served as Deputy for the 23rd Departmental District (Osorno and Río Negro) in the legislative period 1965–1969.

Biography He was born in Batuco on 28 July 1918, the son of Modesto Arancibia and Laura Cárdenas.

He studied at the Colegio Patrocinio de San José and later entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated as a lawyer on 7 November 1956 with the thesis Los tratados frente al derecho interno.

In parallel with his university studies, he worked as an employee at the Panimávida hot springs between 1940 and 1955, and later at the Chicharro Hermano factory until 1957. After graduating, he practiced law in Santiago until 1958, before moving to Osorno in 1959.

He also taught Civics and Political Economy at the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepción in Osorno.