Octavio Mujica

Octavio Mujica Valenzuela (26 August 1885 – 29 December 1982) was a Chilean politician and agriculturist who served as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies for the 11th Departamental Circumscription during the 1926–1930 legislative period.

Biography He was born on 26 August 1885 in Santiago, Chile to Críspulo Mujica Saavedra and Virginia Valenzuela Valenzuela. He married Teresa Délano Frederick and they had five children: Octavio, Virginia, Jorge, José and Jaime. He studied at the Seminario de Santiago and the Colegio Inglés and later attended the Instituto Pedagógico of the University of Chile.

He devoted himself to agricultural activities on his estate Lolol and on the property Las Lajuelas near Santa Cruz, also owning a mill and equipment for the production of whole-grain bread, and marketed some of his agricultural products in Peru. He was a member of the Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura and of the Club de La Unión.

Political career He served as mayor of the Municipality of Lolol for nine years and later as mayor of the Municipality of Santa Cruz for three years, becoming first councilor in 1938.

He was elected deputy for Santa Cruz and Vichuquén for the 1924–1927 term and sat on the Permanent Commissions of Public Assistance and of Public Instruction; his mandate was interrupted by the dissolution of Congress in September 1924. He was reelected deputy for the 1926–1930 period for the reformed 11th Departamental Circumscription (Curicó, Santa Cruz and Vichuquén) and served on the Permanent Commission of Agriculture and Colonization.