Moisés Ríos Echagüe

Moisés Ríos Echagüe (1902 – 3 April 1961) was a Chilean politician affiliated with the Democratic Party.

Biography Ríos Echagüe was born in Temuco, Chile, in 1902. He was the son of Moisés Ríos González and Matilde Echagüe Echagüe.

He married twice: first to Queralia Rivas, with whom he had five children, and later to Irma Garcés Garcés, with whom he had one child.

Although his formal profession is unclear, he held identification documents describing him as both a teacher and an accountant. In practice, he devoted most of his adult life to political activity.

Political career Ríos Echagüe joined the Democratic Party in 1926. Between 1928 and 1932, he served as Governor of the Pitrufquén Department.

He was elected Deputy for the 21st Departmental Group —Temuco, Imperial, and Villarrica— for the 1941–1945 term, serving on the Standing Committee on Constitution, Legislation and Justice.

He was re-elected for the same constituency for the 1945–1949 term, during which he served on the Standing Committees on Education and on Industries.

Other activities Ríos Echagüe was one of the founding members of the First Fire Company of Cunco on 25 July 1929.

Death Ríos Echagüe died on 3 April 1961 in an aviation accident involving a LAN Chile Douglas DC-3 aircraft, an event known as the Green Cross Tragedy. Although the football team of Club de Deportes Green Cross boarded the aircraft during a stopover in Osorno, Ríos Echagüe had embarked earlier in Castro on Chiloé Island. The aircraft crashed in the Andean foothills near Linares.