José María Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle (b. Santiago

Santiago, Chile

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, March 5, 1945) is a Chile

Chile

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an politician

Politician

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; member of the National Renewal

National Renewal (Chile)

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 (RN) party, Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

Chamber of Deputies of Chile

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 between 1990 and 1998.

Biography

José María Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle was born on March 5, 1945, in Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

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, Santiago Metropolitan Region

Santiago Metropolitan Region

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, Chile

Chile

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. He completed his secondary studies at Colegio San Ignacio, and he later graduated as Performance Engineer in Fisheries from the School of Fisheries & Food of the Catholic University of Valparaíso.

In 1986, he was appointed mayor of Palmilla

Palmilla

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, which is according to the Library of the National Congress of Chile, the commune where he resides. He left the office in 1989 to become a candidate for deputy in the forthcoming elections, representing the National Renewal

National Renewal (Chile)

National Renewal , is a liberal conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Coalition for Change in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union and the Chile First movement...

 party; he was eventually elected for the District #32 of Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, Chile

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 and Pichilemu

Pichilemu

Pichilemu , originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province. It is located southwest of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and comprises an urban center and twenty-three villages, such as Ciruelos, Cáhuil, and Espinillo...

, for a term which lasted between 1990 and 1994. He was re-elected for another term, between 1994 and 1998.

Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle is a member of Sociedad Agrícola Los Maquis Ltda., member of the Rodeo Club of Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, Chile

Santa Cruz is a Chilean city and commune, located in the Colchagua valley, in the O'Higgins Region, placed in the southern shore of Tinguiririca river, 110 miles from Santiago, Chile's capital city and 27 miles from San Fernando-History:...

(also being president of the organization), and executive of PRODUCAM Ltda. He also was vice president of the National Federation of Chilean Rodeo.