10 Facts About Fernando Alessandri

Fernando Alessandri Rodriguez was a Chilean political figure, candidate of the centre-right in Chile's 1946 presidential election.

Fernando Alessandri was the son of Arturo Alessandri, who was president from 1920 to 1925 and again from 1932 to 1938, and brother of Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez, who was president from 1958 to 1964.

Fernando Alessandri completed his early studies at the Instituto Nacional, and later graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Chile on October 18,1919.

Fernando Alessandri became professor of Procedural law at the same university in 1922, and in 1924, he married Olga Lyon Vial, with whom he had one son, Fernando, who died at the age of three.

Fernando Alessandri joined the Liberal party in 1920, and participated actively in the Chilean presidential election of 1920 that was won by his father, Arturo Alessandri.

Fernando Alessandri was always very close to his father, and when he was elected president for a second time in the Chilean presidential election of 1932, he again functioned as his assistant.

In 1933, Fernando Alessandri was elected deputy for "Tarapaca and Antofagasta", and in January 1934, he was elected a senator to replace Aurelio Nunez Morgado, who had been designated Ambassador to Spain.

Fernando Alessandri was again reelected as a senator in 1953 and 1961.

Fernando Alessandri concentrated on his law practice and dedicated himself to writing law books and guides.

Fernando Alessandri died in Santiago, in 1982, at the age of 84, due to renal failure.