Víctor Braun Page

Víctor Braun Page (22 September 1912–?) is a Chilean agronomist, farmer and former parliamentarian affiliated with the Liberal Party.

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the XLVI Legislative Period (1949–1953), representing the central districts of Chile.

Biography Braun Page was born in Valparaíso on 22 September 1912, the son of Mayer Braun Hamburger and Ruby Page. He completed his secondary education at the Liceo of Valparaíso and the Liceo of Viña del Mar. He later pursued agricultural studies at the University of New Zealand, qualifying as an agricultural engineer in 1933.

He devoted his professional life to agriculture and livestock farming. He initially operated the Las Mercedes estate in Melipilla and the María Pinto estate in Mallarauco, properties owned by his father. He later focused on livestock production on his own estates, Baracaldo and Santa Teresa, located in the commune of María Pinto, Melipilla.

He married Olga Rivera, with whom he had five children.

Political career A member of the Liberal Party, Braun Page served as a party director in 1936.

At the municipal level, he served as councillor (regidor) and acting mayor of the Municipality of Melipilla between 1935 and 1941. He later served as councillor and mayor of the Municipality of María Pinto for two years.

In the parliamentary elections of 1949, he was elected Deputy for the 8th Departmental Group —Melipilla, San Antonio, San Bernardo and Maipo— serving during the 1949–1953 legislative period. During his tenure, he served as a replacement member of the Standing Committees on Government Interior and on Agriculture and Colonization, and as a full member of the Committee on Roads and Public Works.

Other activities Braun Page served as a director of the Central Bank of Chile. He received awards from the National Agricultural Society (Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura) for the quality of his sheep livestock. He was a member of various social and sporting clubs, including the Club de la Unión, the Viña del Mar Club, the Valparaíso Sporting Club, and the San Cristóbal Polo and Equestrian Club.