Serafín Soto

Serafín Segundo Soto Rodríguez (20 July 1902 – 8 May 1987) was a Chilean accountant, journalist and politician who served two consecutive terms as Deputy for the 16th Departamental Group.

Biography Serafín Soto was born on 20 July 1902, the son of Serafín Soto and Adela Rodríguez. He married Matilde Venegas Quevedo in Chillán on 18 May 1924, with whom he had three children: Rodolfo, Alma Eliana and Mario Serafín.

He studied accounting in Santiago and worked as a sports writer for La Discusión, El Día of Chillán, and for the labor section of La Nación.

He served as municipal councillor (regidor) of Santiago from 1944 to 1947, was a delegate to the United Nations in New York in 1950, and later became Intendant of the Maule province by decree on 12 July 1973.

Soto died in Santiago on 8 May 1987.

Political career Soto was a member of the Democratic Party, where he served as president of the party's youth organization in Santiago and as a leader within the Frente Sindical.

He was first elected Deputy for the 16th Departamental Group (Chillán, Bulnes, Yungay) for the 1949–1953 term, serving on the Permanent Committee on Labor and Social Legislation, and as replacement member on the Committees of Internal Government and Constitution, Legislation and Justice.

He was re-elected for the 1953–1957 legislative term and again served on the Committee on Labor and Social Legislation.

Beyond politics, he held leadership roles in the Confederación Mutualista de Chile and served as vice president of the Chilean Football Federation. He attended the 1939 South American Championship in Lima as part of the Chilean delegation.