Enrique Morandé
Enrique Morandé Vicuña (born 3 July 1871) was a Chilean farmer, military officer and politician affiliated with the Conservative Party. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1909 to 1912, representing La Victoria and Melipilla.
Biography
Morandé was born in Santiago on 3 July 1871, the son of Juan de Dios Morandé Portales and Dolores Vicuña Mackenna. He married Sara Campino Palma, with whom he had seven children.
He studied at Colegio San Ignacio and later at the Agronomic Institute of the University of Chile. During the Chilean Civil War of 1891, he joined the congressional forces as an artillery officer. He later served as an instructor at the Military School between 1916 and 1920 and retired from the army with the rank of captain in 1923.
Morandé also worked in public administration as a section chief of the Court of Accounts in the Valparaíso Customs Section. He devoted himself extensively to agriculture, operating the Picoltué estate in Mulchén, where he cultivated wheat and lentils, maintained apple orchards and raised Durham cattle. He also managed several other agricultural properties.
Outside public office, Morandé held positions in a number of financial and commercial institutions. He served as a director and vice-president of Banco Español, a director of the Compañía Minera e Industrial de Chile and the nitrate companies of Tocopilla, and held executive positions in several insurance companies. He was also associated with the Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura and the Junta Central de Beneficencia de Santiago.
He served as commercial counsellor at the Chilean legation in Spain and represented the Chilean government at a dairy congress in Kansas, United States. The Spanish government awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. He also contributed articles on general subjects to newspapers in Santiago.
Political career
A member of the Conservative Party, Morandé served as a municipal councillor in La Florida and Santiago and as the first mayor of Melipilla.
He was elected deputy for La Victoria and Melipilla for the 1909–1912 legislative period. During his term, he served on the Public Works Committee. From 30 April to 15 May 1912, he served as second vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies.