Mauricio Jungk

Mauricio Ernesto Jungk Stahl (Santiago, 18 July 1921 – ibid., 26 May 1996) was a Chilean civil engineer, academic, and politician of German descent, member of the Radical Left Party (PIR). He served as Minister of Mining during the government of socialist president Salvador Allende in 1972.

Biography He studied at the German School of Santiago and at the University of Chile. He worked at Endesa and as a contractor for the Ministry of Public Works (Chile).

Originally a member of the Radical Party of Chile, he left the party in 1971 to join the Radical Left Party. On 28 January 1972, he entered the cabinet of the Popular Unity government, replacing Orlando Cantuarias. He left office on 6 April of the same year, when his party moved into the opposition.

After leaving the government, he was a candidate for rector of the Universidad Técnica del Estado (UTE), losing to Enrique Kirberg. Later, he joined the Inca de Oro Mining Association with Joaquín Lanas and former deputy Manuel Magalhaes, and was a member of the National Mining Society (Sonami).

He was married to Adriana María Wiegand Koch, of German descent, with whom he had four children: Paulina, Adriana, María, and Ricardo.