Pabla Toledo Obando

Pabla Toledo Obando (Valdivia, July 26, 1922 – Santiago, September 20, 1993) was a Chilean lawyer and Christian Democratic politician. She was a Deputy of the Republic between 1969 and 1973.

Biography Early years She was born in Valdivia in 1922, the daughter of Floriano Toledo and María Antonia Obando.

She was married to the lawyer Eduardo del Campo, with whom she had five children: Cecilia, Eduardo, Francisco, Pablo and Verónica.

Studies and working life She completed her secondary education at the Liceo de Niñas of Valdivia. After finishing school, she entered the Law program at the School of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), which she completed at the University of Chile, where she received her law degree on July 7, 1950, with the thesis: The Textile Industry in Chile.

Once graduated, she practiced her profession in Valdivia independently.

She was a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Streptomycin.

Political career She began her political activities in the Social Christian Conservative Party (PCSC). Representing this party, she was elected alderwoman of the Municipality of Valdivia, from 1956 to 1960.

Subsequently, she joined the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) due to the merger of the PCSC with the National Falange, in 1957.

In the 1969 parliamentary elections, she was elected Deputy for the 22nd Departmental Group of Valdivia, La Unión and Río Bueno, for the period 1969–1973. She was a member of the Commissions on Internal Government and on Housing and Urban Planning.

She died in Santiago, on September 20, 1993.