{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rodolfo Armas | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1876|8|29}} | birth_place = Talca, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1957|1|14|1876|8|29}} | death_place = Talca, Chile | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 12th Departmental Grouping | term_start = 15 May 1926 | term_end = 15 May 1941 | predecessor = | successor = | party = Radical Party | occupation = | profession = Agriculturalist | parents = Juan Gabriel de Armas Cruz<br/>Carmen Riquelme Urrutia | spouse = Delia Cruz Fuenzalida | children = Six | relatives = | footnotes = }}
'''Rodolfo Armas Riquelme''' (born 29 August 1876 – died 14 January 1957) was a Chilean politician and agriculturalist who served as deputy of the Republic.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Rodolfo_Armas_Riquelme |title=Rodolfo Armas Riquelme — BCN |website=Library of the National Congress of Chile |language=es |access-date=4 February 2026}}</ref>
== Biography == Armas Riquelme was born in Talca, Chile, on 29 August 1876. He was the son of Juan Gabriel de Armas Cruz and Carmen Riquelme Urrutia.<ref name="BCN"/>
He studied at the Liceo de Hombres of Talca and at the Seminary of the same city.<ref name="BCN"/>
He worked as an employee of the Municipality of Talca for eight years and later devoted himself to agricultural activities in the regions of Colchagua and Talca. He operated the ''San Miguel de Calleuque'' estate in Colchagua and owned the ''El Arroyo'' estate, located approximately 18 kilometers from Talca, where he produced cabernet wines and export apples.<ref name="BCN"/>
He married Delia Cruz Fuenzalida, with whom he had six children.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Political career == Armas Riquelme was a member of the Radical Party and served for several years as president of the Radical Assembly of Talca.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was elected deputy for the Twelfth Departmental Grouping (Talca, Lontué and Curepto) for the 1926–1930 legislative period, serving as substitute member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was again elected deputy for the same constituency for the 1930–1934 legislative period and served on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization. Following the revolutionary movement that broke out on 4 June 1932, Congress was dissolved by decree on 6 June of that year.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was re-elected Deputy for the Twelfth Departmental Grouping (Lontué and Talca) for the 1933–1937 legislative period, serving on the Standing Committee on Industry.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was elected once more for the same constituency for the 1937–1941 legislative period, during which he served as substitute member of the Standing Committee on National Defense and as a member of the Standing Committee on Industry.<ref name="BCN"/>
He served as Intendant of Talca from 9 July 1942, was ratified on 25 May 1945, and resigned on 7 November 1946.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Other activities == He served for several years as a director of the Club de Talca.<ref name="BCN"/>
Armas died in Talca, Chile, on 14 January 1957.<ref name="BCN"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Rodolfo_Armas_Riquelme BCN Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Armas Riquelme, Rodolfo}} Category:1876 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Radical Party of Chile politicians Category:Deputies of the XXXV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Category:Deputies of the XXXVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Category:Deputies of the XXXVII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Category:Deputies of the XXXVIII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Category:20th-century Chilean farmers