Roberto Gómez Pérez

Roberto Gómez Pérez (4 July 1889 – 17 October 1956) was a Chilean farmer and radical politician who served multiple terms as Deputy between 1924 and 1949.

Biography Gómez Pérez was born in Tucapel on 4 July 1889, the son of José Gómez and Tránsito Pérez. He studied at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera and at the Liceo de Concepción.

He dedicated his professional life to agriculture. He founded the company “Gómez Pérez Hnos.” and managed the estates “Rucamanqui” and “Quinel” in Yungay, devoted to crops and the breeding of high-quality livestock. He was also a member of the Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura.

A member of the Radical Party, he was first elected Deputy for Rere and Puchacay for the 1924–1927 legislative period, serving on the Permanent Committee on Mining and Industry. His term was interrupted by the military movement of 12 September 1924, which suspended the National Congress.

He was re-elected Deputy for Rere, Puchacay and Lautaro for the 1926–1930 term, when he sat on the Permanent Committee on Agriculture and Colonization. He later represented the 16th Departamental Group (“Chillán, Bulnes and Yungay”) for four consecutive terms: 1933–1937, 1937–1941, 1941–1945 and 1945–1949. During these periods he served on the Permanent Committees on Internal Government, Education, and Agriculture and Colonization.

Roberto Gómez Pérez died in Santiago on 17 October 1956.