Sergio Bustamante del Campo

Sergio Bustamante del Campo (13 June 1915–?) was a Chilean farmer, wine merchant, and politician who served two consecutive terms as Deputy for the 14th Departamental Group between 1949 and 1957.

Biography Bustamante was born in Villa Alegre, Fundo Liucura, on 13 June 1915, the son of Miguel Bustamante del Campo and Berta María del Campo Ibáñez. He married Amanda Gloria Turri Concha in Santiago on 15 September 1953, with whom he had three children.

He studied at the Liceo Blanco Encalada and the Liceo de Hombres de Talca, completing his secondary studies in the United States. He later pursued civil engineering at the University of Chile.

Bustamante dedicated his career to agricultural activity in the province of Linares. He was a farmer and wine merchant, owner of the estate “La Aguada” and a wine cellar in Villa Alegre. By 1995, he also owned the estate “Botacura” in the commune of San Javier.

He was a member of the Cooperativa Vitivinícola, representing the Association of Central Zone Winemakers, and belonged to the local Aeroclub.

Political career Bustamante was a member of the Agrarian Labor Party (PAL). He served as regidor of the Municipality of Villa Alegre from 1947 to 1949.

He was elected Deputy for the 14th Departamental Group (Linares, Loncomilla and Parral) for the 1949–1953 term, serving as replacement member on the Committees on Finance, and on Agriculture and Colonization; and as full member of the Permanent Committee on National Defense.

Re-elected for the 1953–1957 term, he then sat on the Permanent Committee on Public Works and Roads.