Juan Rodolfo Marín


Juan Rodolfo Marín was a Chilean journalist and politician.

Career

Juan Rodolfo Marín started in journalism when he joined the Coquimban newspaper '. On 2 June 1942, he founded the newspaper ', of which he remained the director until 1952 when he was succeeded by.
He served in the Agrarian Labor Party, and was elected councillor of the Municipality of Coquimbo by said party in the. He resigned this position in 1952 when he was appointed Governor of by the newly elected President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. Marín served in that position throughout his presidency, until 4 November 1958.
In 1963 he was awarded the National Prize for Journalism, with mention in the Feature category. The following year the Municipality of Coquimbo named him an Illustrious Son, and that September he published the text Historia de la Pampilla that recounts the history of the Coquimban Pampilla Festival.

Personal life

Juan Rodolfo Marín was married to Ilda Arqueros Espinoza, with whom he had one son, Juan Gutenberg.
Marín died at the in Santiago on 10 April 1967.