{{Short description|Chilean lawyer (1894–1982)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Pedro Castelblanco | image = Pedro Castelblanco Agüero 1944.jpg | caption = Castelblanco in 1944. | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1894|6|23}} | birth_place = Valdivia, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1982|11|12|1894|6|23}} | death_place = Santiago, Chile | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 22nd Departmental Group | term_start = 15 May 1933 | term_end = 15 May 1945 | office1 = President of the Chamber of Deputies | term_start1 = 2 December 1941 | term_end1 = 4 July 1944 | predecessor1 = Pelegrín Mesa | successor1 = Sebastián Santandreu | office2 = Ambassador of Chile to Mexico | term_start2 = 1944 | term_end2 = 1945 | predecessor2 = Oscar Schnake | successor2 = Héctor Arancibia Laso | office3 = Ambassador of Chile to Canada | term_start3 = 1945 | term_end3 = 1947 | president3 = Juan Antonio Ríos (1945–46)<br/>Gabriel González Videla (1946–47) | office4 = Minister of Agriculture | term_start4 = 16 April 1947 | term_end4 = 2 August 1947 | president4 = Gabriel González Videla | predecessor4 = Miguel Concha Quezada | successor4 = Ricardo Bascuñán Stonner | office5 = Sovereign Grand Commander, Supreme Council 33° (REAA), Chile | term_start5 = 1961 | term_end5 = 1976 | predecessor5 = René García Valenzuela | successor5 = Ignacio González Ginouves | party = Radical Party | profession = Lawyer | spouse = {{marriage|Zelmira Ugarte Montaner|1921}} | children = 5 | alma_mater = University of Chile (LL.B) | footnotes = }} '''Pedro Castelblanco Agüero''' (23 June 1894 – 12 November 1982) was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and Radical Party politician who served as Deputy, President of the Chamber of Deputies, Minister of Agriculture and Ambassador to Mexico and Canada.<ref name="Luis">{{cite book|author=Valencia Avaria, Luis |date=1986 |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=Editorial Andrés Bello |title=Anales de la República}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== Early life and education == Castelblanco was born in Valdivia to Pedro Castelblanco Rodríguez and María Mercedes Agüero Adriasola.<ref name="Armando">{{cite book|author=de Ramón Folch, Armando |date=1999 |location=Santiago |publisher=Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile |title=Biografías de Chilenos}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
He studied at the German Institute of Valdivia and the Instituto Nacional in Santiago. He then entered the University of Chile, graduating as a lawyer in 1919 with the thesis «El problema penal y penitenciario».<ref name="Armando"/>
He married Zelmira Ugarte Montaner on 27 October 1921 and had five children.<ref name="Armando"/>
== Career == He served as an officer of the Ministry of Justice (1913–1920), Secretary and later Intendant of Valdivia (1921–1932), and taught Political Economy at the Valdivia Boys’ High School.
He was Director of the Central Bank of Chile (1947–1952) and President of the Public Debt Amortisation Office (1949–1952).
== Political career == A Radical Party member from 1916, he served as party President several times. He was elected Deputy for the 22nd Departmental Group for the 1933–1937, 1937–1941 and 1941–1945 terms. He sat on the Standing Committees on Constitution, Legislation and Justice; Government and Interior; and Education.<ref name="Luis"/>
From 1941 to 1944 he was President of the Chamber of Deputies.
In 1947 President Gabriel González Videla appointed him Minister of Agriculture.
== Diplomatic career == Castelblanco was Ambassador of Chile to Mexico (1944–1945) and Canada (1945–1947). He headed the Chilean delegation to the Chapultepec Conference (1945) and served as Permanent Delegate to the International Labour Organization in Montreal (1945–46).
== Freemasonry == He was initiated in the Lodge “Luz y Trabajo” Nº 32 (Valdivia) in 1921, later becoming its Worshipful Master.
From 1961 to 1976 he served as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council 33° of Chile, being later honoured as Sovereign Grand Commander ad vitam.
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Pedro_Castelblanco_Agüero BCN Profile]
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