{{Short description|Chilean lawyer and politician (1906–1967)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Fernando Maira | image = Fernando Blas Maira Castellón.jpg | caption = Fernando Maira (c. 1947) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|11|25}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|4|20|1906|11|25}} | death_place = Santiago, Chile | office = Member of the Senate | constituency = 7th Provincial Group | term_start = 19 July 1950 | term_end = 15 May 1953 | office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency1 = 17th Departamental Group | term_start1 = 15 May 1937 | term_end1 = 19 July 1950 | successor1 = Ruperto Puga Fisher | office2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency2 = 17th Departamental Group
| term_start2 = 15 May 1933 | term_end2 = 15 May 1937 | office3 = Undersecretary of Public Education | president3 = Juan Esteban Montero | predecessor3 = Alberto Moller Bordeu | successor3 = Humberto Aguirre Doolan | term_start3 = 4 December 1931 | term_end3 = 4 June 1932 | alma_mater = University of Chile | occupation = Lawyer, politician | party = Radical Party | spouse = Elsa Palma | children = 2 | parents = Octavio Maira González<br>Javiera Castellón Bello }} '''Fernando Blas Maira Castellón''' (25 November 1906 – 20 April 1967) was a Chilean lawyer and politician of the Radical Party.<ref name="BCN">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Fernando_Blas_Maira_Castell%C3%B3n|title=Parliamentary Biography: Fernando Blas Maira Castellón|website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile|access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref> He served as Deputy and Senator of the Republic during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Family and education == Maira was born in Santiago on 25 November 1906 to Octavio Maira González and Javiera Castellón Bello.<ref name="BCN"/>
He completed primary and secondary studies at the Instituto Nacional, later graduating as a lawyer from the University of Chile in 1929.<ref name="BCN"/>
He married Elsa Palma, with whom he had two children.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Political career == His early career included serving as secretary of the 2nd Court of Minor Claims in Santiago, and subsequently working at the Ministry of Justice.<ref name="BCN"/>
On 4 December 1931, President Juan Esteban Montero appointed him Undersecretary of Public Education, a position he held until 4 June 1932.<ref name="BCN"/> He was also extraordinary professor of administrative law at the University of Chile.<ref name="BCN"/>
A member of the Radical Party, Maira was elected Deputy for the 17th Departamental Group (Talcahuano, Tomé, Concepción, Yumbel) for the 1933–1937 term.<ref name="BCN"/> He served on the Standing Committees of Public Education, Constitution, Legislation and Justice, Labour and Social Legislation.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was reelected for the 1937–1941 term (Tomé, Concepción, Talcahuano, Yumbel, Coronel), where he sat on the Committees of Education, Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene, Agriculture and Colonisation, Labour, Justice and Foreign Affairs.<ref name="BCN"/>
He retained his seat through the parliamentary periods 1941–1945, 1945–1949 and 1949–1953, serving alternately as member or replacement in the Committees of Constitution, Legislation and Justice; Foreign Affairs; and Finance.<ref name="BCN"/>
In the 1950 complementary election, he was elected Senator for the 7th Provincial Group (Concepción, Ñuble, Arauco), filling the vacancy left by the death of Alberto Moller Bordeu.<ref name="BCN"/> He joined the Senate on 19 July 1950, and his former Chamber seat was filled by Ruperto Puga Fisher.<ref name="BCN"/>
During his legislative career, he promoted numerous measures, including: the Commercial Banks Law; the creation of the commune of Ránquil; the National Symphony Orchestra; the Caja Caminera; benefits for aerial clubs; funds for the Instituto Nacional; the construction plan of the University of Concepción; the law modifying the 1925 Constitution; the founding of the College of Civil and Mining Engineers; and cultural institutions such as the Casa de la Cultura and the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Concepción.<ref name="BCN"/>
He died in Santiago on 20 April 1967.<ref name="BCN"/>
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