{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Julio Valenzuela | image = | birth_date = 1884 | birth_place = | death_date = 1972 | death_place = | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 9th Departamental Circumscription | term_start = 15 May 1926 | term_end = 15 May 1930 | occupation = Industrialist | party = Liberal Party }} '''Julio Valenzuela''' (1884 – 1972) was a Chilean industrialist and politician who served as member of the Chamber of Deputies.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Julio_Valenzuela|title=Julio Valenzuela ― Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias|publisher=Library of the National Congress of Chile|accessdate=28 February 2026}}</ref>
==Biography== He was industrialist in the city of Rancagua and owner of the Molino Rancagua and the Mina El Inglés. He donated land for the Hogar Don Guanella and the Escuela Julio Valenzuela in Rancagua. He also donated land in 1921 for the construction of the Third Fire Company of the same city, of which he served as superintendent.<ref name="BCN"/>
The present-day Población Valenzuela was built on land of a former vineyard he owned. He was relative and mentor of the poet Óscar Castro.<ref name="BCN"/>
He studied at the Liceo de Rancagua.<ref name="BCN"/>
==Political career== He was elected deputy for the 9th Departamental Grouping of Maipo, Rancagua and Cachapoal for the 1926–1930 period. He served on the War and Navy Commission and, as alternate member, on the Roads and Public Works Commission.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was member of the Liberal Party.<ref name="BCN"/>
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==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Julio_Valenzuela BCN Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valenzuela, Julio}} Category:1884 births Category:1972 deaths Category:Deputies of the XXXV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Category:Liberal Party (Chile, 1849) politicians