Oscar Quina

Óscar Quina Pieper (17 April 1913–?) is a Chilean accountant, businessman and politician affiliated with the Radical Party. He served as Deputy for the 1st Departamental Group (Iquique, Arica and Pisagua) during the 1945–1949 and 1949–1953 legislative periods.

Biography Quina Pieper was born in Tacna on 17 April 1913, at that time under Chilean administration, the son of Pedro Quina and Mary Pieper. He married Inés Truffa Fernández, with whom he had one son.

He studied at the Liceo de Tacna and the Instituto Comercial de Arica, graduating as a General Accountant. From 1936 onward he engaged in import and export activities, particularly exporting Chilean-grown oregano to the United States.

A member of the Radical Party, he served as Regidor and later Mayor of the Municipality of Arica. He was elected Deputy for the 1st Departamental Group (Iquique, Arica and Pisagua) for the 1945–1949 legislative period, sitting on the Permanent Committee on Industries and serving as substitute member of the Permanent Committee on Economy and Commerce.

He was re-elected for the 1949–1953 legislative term, continuing as member of the Committee on Industries. The Plenary of the Court of Appeals, unanimously, denied a request to remove his parliamentary immunity and therefore refused to authorize legal proceedings against him in a case involving alleged violation of the Law of Checks.