Ramón Olave Acuña

Ramón Olave Acuña (24 September 1884 – 21 April 1960) was a Chilean agronomist and Radical Party politician. He served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies representing the province of Cautín in two non-consecutive periods between 1933 and 1945.

Biography Olave Acuña was born in Valparaíso on 24 September 1884, the son of Ramón Olave Chávez and Magdalena Acuña Velásquez. He married Ana Vilugrón Osorio.

He studied at secondary schools in Temuco and Concepción, and later at the Agronomic Institute of the University of Chile, qualifying as an agronomist in 1908.

He worked as an agricultural producer and livestock farmer in the province of Cautín. He also served as head of section and professor at the Agricultural School of Concepción, administrator of the Agricultural Station of Temuco, and administrator of the forest reserves of Villarrica. He later became Regional Agronomic Delegate for the southern frontier zone and was a founding secretary of the Agricultural Cooperative and Development Society of Temuco.

Between 1939 and 1940 he served as Director of the Agricultural Credit Fund and later as Inspector General of agricultural schools throughout Chile.

Political career A member of the Radical Party, Olave Acuña was part of the party’s Central Council.

He was elected Deputy for the 21st Departmental Group —Temuco, Imperial and Villarrica— for the period 1933–1937, serving on the standing committee on Agriculture and Colonization.

He was re-elected Deputy for the same constituency for the period 1941–1945, again serving on the Agriculture and Colonization Committee.

Other activities Olave Acuña was a member of the Agronomic Society of Chile and served as Director-General of the Boy Scouts of Chile.