Silvio Rodríguez Villalobos

Silvio Rodríguez Villalobos (15 May 1931 – 7 September 2018) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as deputy.

Biography He was born in Talca on May 15, 1931, the son of José María Rodríguez Gutiérrez and Carmen Villalobos Alcántara. He died in Santiago, Chile, on November 7, 2018, from cancer.

He married María Teresa Abásolo Martínez, with whom he had four children.

Between 1937 and 1947, he studied at the Liceo de Hombres de Talca. After completing his secondary education, in 1948 he entered the Law School of the University of Chile, graduating in 1952.

During his youth, he was a member of the local basketball team, serving as captain for nearly a decade. He competed at the national level and became champion of the central zone. He also played for Deportivo Español for several years.

Political career In the 1967 municipal elections, he was elected councilman (regidor) of Talca, representing the National Party (PN), serving until 1969.

In the 1969 parliamentary elections, he was elected deputy for the Twelfth Departmental Grouping, corresponding to Talca, Lontué, and Curepto, for the 1969–1973 term. He sat on the Permanent Committees of Economy and Trade; Labor and Social Security; and Mining. He was also a member of the National Party's parliamentary committee between 1969 and 1970.

In the 1973 parliamentary elections, he was re-elected deputy for the same Departmental Grouping, for the 1973–1977 term. He was a member of the Permanent Committee on Finance. The military coup of September 11, 1973, brought his term to an early end with the dissolution of the National Congress.

In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he ran for senator for the Maule Region but was not elected. As of June 2011, he served as director of the Talca Chamber of Commerce A.G. for the 2010–2012 term.