Jorge Parodi

Jorge Pío Parodi Blayfus (5 May 1886 – 18 September 1961) was a Chilean businessman and politician. A founding member of the Socialist Party in 1933, he served as deputy for the Second Departmental Grouping of northern Chile between 1933 and 1937.^[1]

Parodi was born in San Francisco de Limache on 5 May 1886, the son of Santiago Parodi Pereira and Elisa Blayfus Aldonai. He married Graciana Ewing Murphy in Valparaíso on 16 December 1922; the couple had two children.^[1]

He completed his secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres of Valparaíso. He began his professional career in commerce in Valparaíso and later moved into the nitrate and mining industries, where he held senior administrative and managerial positions.^[1]

He served as administrator and general manager of several mining companies, including the Compañía Salitrera Iberia, where he oversaw the construction of its main processing plant. He was also administrator of the Bonasor nitrate office in Aguas Blancas and later served as administrator and general manager of the Compañía Salitrera San Martín Consolidada Ltda., beginning in 1954. In January 1939, he was appointed General Head of the Gold Washing Operations (Lavaderos de Oro).^[1]

Parodi was a founding member of the Socialist Party in 1933. Earlier, he had been appointed Governor of Taltal in 1931 and later served as Intendant of Antofagasta, from 29 July to 13 October 1932.^[1]

In the parliamentary elections, he was elected deputy for the Second Departmental Grouping of Tocopilla, El Loa, Antofagasta and Taltal, serving during the 1933–1937 legislative period. In the Chamber of Deputies, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Standing Committee on Industries, the latter created pursuant to a regulatory reform approved on 4 April 1933.^[1]

He died in Santiago on 18 September 1961.^[1]

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