Renato de la Jara Parada

Renato Emilio de la Jara Parada (30 July 1924 – 12 June 2006) was a Chilean farmer and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).

He served as deputy for the 19th Departmental Group of Laja, Nacimiento and Mulchén (current Biobío Region) between 1965 and 1969. He was also an alderman of Mulchén (1960–1963) and later a councillor of the same commune (1992–1996).

Biography De la Jara was born in Santiago on 30 July 1924 into a family with a strong political tradition. He was the son of agronomist Emilio de la Jara Zúñiga, owner of the Santa Mónica estate in Mulchén, and Julia Adelaida Parada Henríquez.

In 1947 he married Christian Democratic politician Marta Emilia Ciappa Benítez in Los Ángeles. They had two children: Juan Carlos and María Cecilia.

He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones and the Instituto Nacional, later entering the School of Agriculture of the University of Chile, graduating in 1944.

He worked as a farmer on his estate in Mulchén, and was a founding member and president of the Mulchén Rodeo Club and the Lions Club, as well as a member of the Biobío Agricultural Society.

Political career De la Jara joined the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), where he held leadership positions including communal president in Mulchén and provincial president and vice-president of Biobío.

In 1960 he was elected alderman of the Municipality of Mulchén, serving until 1963.

In the 1965 elections he was elected deputy for the 19th Departmental Group (Laja, Nacimiento and Mulchén) for the 1965–1969 legislative period. In Congress, he served on the Permanent Committee on Economy and Trade.

In the 1992 municipal elections he was elected councillor of Mulchén for the 1992–1996 term, with 2,372 votes (15.82%).

He died in Mulchén on 12 June 2006 at the age of 81.