Víctor Moller Bordeu
Víctor Moller | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Agriculture of Chile | |
| In office 8 February 1940 – 24 October 1940 | |
| President | Pedro Aguirre Cerda |
| Preceded by | Arturo Olavarría Bravo |
| Succeeded by | Alfonso Quintana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1898 |
| Died | |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Spouse | Rebeca Schiavetti |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Fernando Moller Bordeu (brother) Manuel Moller Bordeu (brother) Alberto Moller Bordeu (brother) |
| Profession | Civil engineer |
Víctor Moller Bordeu (15 December 1898 – ?) was a Chilean civil engineer, farmer, and politician. A member of the Radical Party of Chile, he served as Minister of Agriculture under President Pedro Aguirre Cerda from February to October 1940.
His brothers Alberto, Fernando, and Manuel Moller Bordeu were also Radical Party politicians, with Alberto and Manuel serving as members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.[1]
Biography
Moller was born in Concepción on 15 December 1898, the son of Alberto Moller Zerrano and Noemí Bordeu Olivares.[2]
He completed his primary and secondary education at the Liceo de Concepción before studying civil engineering in the United States.[2]
He married Rebeca Schiavetti Schiavetti, daughter of Froilán Antonio Schiavetti and Laura Schiavetti. The couple had two children, Víctor and Laura.[2]
Professional career
Moller devoted much of his career to agriculture, operating the Negrete estate in Coigüe and the Pichimalbén and Santo Domingo estates together with his brother Manuel. He was also a member of the National Agriculture Society (SNA).[2]
He served as chairman of the board of the newspaper La Hora and was a member of the Import Licensing Commission. Between 1942 and 1946, he served as president of the Caja Hipotecaria de Chile.[2]
In the private sector, he was a director of Aspromán S.A., the Colico Sur Coal Company, vice president of Frigomán, and a member of the governing board of the University of Concepción. He also belonged to the Club de La Unión, the Angol Club, and the Automobile Club of Chile.[2]
Political career
A longtime member of the Radical Party of Chile, Moller served as party president, member of its Central Board, and delegate to all of its national conventions.[2]
On 8 February 1940, President Pedro Aguirre Cerda appointed him Minister of Agriculture, a post he held until 24 October of the same year.
In 1946, President Gabriel González Videla appointed him executive director representing Chile at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he served until 1948. He later became chairman of the Public Credit Commission and president of the Production Development Corporation (CORFO), the state development agency established by Aguirre Cerda in 1939. He also headed the Chilean delegation to the Third Pan-American Congress of Agriculture in Caracas, Venezuela.[2]
During the administration of President Jorge Alessandri, he served as a member of the board of the Housing Corporation (CORVI) in 1961.[2]
References
- ↑ "Parliamentary Biographies; Alberto Moller Bordeu". Historia Política Legislativa. Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Figueroa, Pedro Pablo (1953). Diccionario Biográfico de Chile. Vol. I (9th ed.). Santiago, Chile: Empresa Periodística de Chile. p. 786.