Osvaldo Vega Vera

Osvaldo Vera Vega (24 July 1928–March 2006) was a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Biography He was born in Cauquenes on 24 July 1928, the son of Gabriel Vega Lobos and Amadora Vera Soto. He first married Mercedes del Río del Río and, in a second marriage, Juana Elena Rojas. He was the father of seven children.

He completed his secondary education at the Liceo de Cauquenes and at the Marist Brothers School in San Fernando. He pursued higher studies at the Escuela Agrícola de Chillán, where he obtained the title of Agricultural Technician.

From 1948 onward, he worked as an agricultural entrepreneur in Cauquenes. He owned timber export companies, lumberyards, vineyards, livestock and industrial crops, as well as the Feria Regional de Agricultores de Cauquenes S.A. and the SOFACAR slaughterhouse.

Political career He began his political activities by joining the Liberal Youth, of which he served as president for five years. He later became a member of the Liberal Party.

In 1960, he was elected councilor (regidor) of Cauquenes, serving until 1963.

In 1989, in the first parliamentary elections following the end of the military government, he ran as an independent candidate in pact with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) for District No. 40 (Longaví, Retiro, Parral, Cauquenes, Pelluhue and Chanco), VII Region, but was not elected.

In 2001, he again ran as candidate for deputy for District No. 40 but was unsuccessful.

He died in March 2006.