{{Short description|Chilean politician and minister of state (1887–1962)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Fidel Estay | image = Fidel Segundo Estay Cortés.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1887|4|26}} | birth_place = Nogales, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1962|10|4|1887|4|26}} | death_place = San Miguel, Chile | office = Minister of Lands and Colonization | president = Gabriel González Videla | term_start = 14 August 1947 | term_end = 7 February 1950 | president1 = Juan Antonio Ríos | term_start1 = 14 May 1945 | term_end1 = 6 September 1946 | office2 = Member of the Senate | constituency2 = O'Higgins and Colchagua | term_start2 = 15 May 1941 | term_end2 = 15 May 1945 | constituency3 = Cachapoal, Colchagua and Curicó | term_start3 = 15 May 1933 | term_end3 = 15 May 1937 | office4 = Minister of Labor and Social Welfare | term_start4 = 13 September 1932 | term_end4 = 2 October 1932 | office5 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency5 = San Fernando and San Vicente | term_start5 = 1926 | term_end5 = 1930 | constituency6 = Biobío, Malleco and Cautín | term_start6 = 1930 | term_end6 = 1932 | party = Democratic Party (1917–1945) }}
'''Fidel Segundo Estay Cortés''' (26 April 1887 – 4 October 1962) was a Chilean farmer, businessman and democratic politician.
He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, as a Senator, and as a minister of state during the provisional government of Bartolomé Blanche and later under Presidents Juan Antonio Ríos and Gabriel González Videla.<ref name="BCN">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Fidel_Segundo_Estay_Cort%C3%A9s|title=Fidel Segundo Estay Cortés|publisher=Library of the National Congress of Chile|access-date=25 December 2025}}</ref>
==Life and education== Estay was born in Nogales on 26 April 1887. He was the son of Fidel Estay and Rosario Cortés.<ref name="BCN"/>
He completed his primary education in Nogales. After the death of his parents, he learned a trade in order to support himself, later moving to San Fernando in 1917, where he worked in the footwear industry and eventually established his own shoe factory.<ref name="BCN"/>
Estay died on 4 October 1962 in San Miguel. He was honoured posthumously in a special session of the Senate held on 10 October 1962.<ref name="BCN"/>
==Business and social activities== Estay became an industrialist, merchant and agricultural producer. He owned the Santa Ana vineyard in Malloa and collaborated with the Union of Artisans, the Footwear Guild, and the Fraternal Union of San Fernando.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was a member of the San Fernando Fire Brigade, serving as deputy superintendent, and collaborated with the local press.<ref name="BCN"/>
Estay was a member of the National Economic Council, a councillor of the Mortgage Credit Bank, and a director of the Chilean Electric Traction Company.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was also a member of the Freemasonry, the Social Club of San Fernando, the Red Cross, and the Society for Popular Instruction.<ref name="BCN"/>
==Political career== Estay joined the Democratic Party, serving as secretary, director and president of the party, and acting as a delegate to its national convention in 1921.<ref name="BCN"/>
He served as municipal councillor (regidor) and later as mayor of San Fernando.<ref name="BCN"/>
In the 1924 parliamentary election, he was elected Deputy for San Fernando, but his term was interrupted by the dissolution of Congress following the coup of 11 September 1924.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was re-elected Deputy in 1925 for the 1926–1930 term. In 1930, he entered the Senate representing Biobío, Malleco and Cautín, though this term was also interrupted by the dissolution of Congress following the 1932 coup d'état.<ref name="BCN"/>
In 1933, he was elected Senator for Cachapoal, Colchagua and Curicó, and in 1941 for O'Higgins and Colchagua, serving until 1945. During his parliamentary career, he focused on labour legislation and sat on multiple Senate committees, including Labour, Justice, Agriculture and Public Works. He briefly served as vice-president of the Senate in 1944.<ref name="BCN"/>
During the provisional government of Bartolomé Blanche, Estay served as Minister of Labor between 13 September and 2 October 1932.<ref name="BCN"/>
He later served twice as Minister of Lands and Colonization: first under President Juan Antonio Ríos (1945–1946), and later under President Gabriel González Videla (1947–1950).<ref name="BCN"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Fidel_Segundo_Estay_Cort%C3%A9s Fidel Segundo Estay Cortés — BCN Profile]
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