Maximiliano Becerra

Maximiliano Becerra Mera (25 July 1892 – 7 January 1982) was a Chilean military officer, farmer and politician who served as a deputy during the XXXVII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile.

Biography Becerra Mera was born in San José de la Mariquina, Valdivia, on 25 July 1892, the son of Fermín Becerra and Romualda Mera Jaramillo. He married Delfina de la Torre Urrutia, with whom he had two children.

He completed his early education at the Escuela Normal of Valdivia and later entered the Chilean Military School. He pursued a military career until reaching the rank of captain and retired from active service in 1929. Following his retirement, he devoted himself to agricultural activities, working in farming, livestock, and viticulture on his estate ‘‘Quilpón’’ in Chillán.

Political career Becerra Mera joined the Confederation of Republican Civic Action (CRAC) in 1931.

He was first elected deputy for the Fifteenth Departamental District (San Carlos, Chillán, Bulnes and Yungay) for the 1930–1934 period, serving on the Standing Committees on War and Navy (as substitute) and on Agriculture and Colonization. His mandate ended prematurely with the dissolution of Congress following the revolutionary movement of June 1932.

He was re-elected as deputy for the 22nd Departamental Grouping for the 1933–1937 legislative period. During this term, he continued to serve on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization. In Parliament, he promoted the creation of agricultural boarding schools and the development of transversal roadways connecting rural areas to the main railway axis.

He also served as councillor of the Caja Agraria and was a member of several agricultural and social organizations in Chillán, including the Association of Farmers and the Chillán Social Club.

Becerra Mera died in San José de la Mariquina, Valdivia, on 7 January 1982.