Julio César Garcés Vera; politician and Chilean lawyer. He was born in Itata, on December 10, 1866. He died in Santiago, on November 6, 1942. Son of Don José Agustín Garcés Rey and Dona Clotilde Vera Gajardo. He married Valentina Prieto and in second nuptials with Laura Fernández.
He studied humanities at the Seminary and at the Liceo de Concepción. He completed Laws in the university section of the great metropolis of Biobío, until he graduated in Law and Political Sciences in 1887. He finished his degree at the University of Chile, receiving a lawyer on August 3, 1888, dedicating himself to his profession in Concepción.
In 1891 he participated actively in political events against President José Manuel Balmaceda and was a member of the Board of Independent Youth Club, co-founder with Ángel Custodio Espejo, Luis Orrego Luco and Luis Hübner.
Judge of the Department of Lautaro (1892-1897). He then settled in Concepción where he exercised the right and was a lawyer for the Lota Company and Colonel, as well as the Banco Aleman Transatlántico and several commercial institutions.
Being a militant of the Radical Party was elected Deputy for Concepción, Talcahuano and Lautaro (1912-1915). It integrated the Commission of Legislation and Justice and was member of the Parliamentary Committee of the Radical Party.
Minister of Industry, Public Works and Railways (September-December 1914).
Reelected Deputy, this time by Chillán (1915-1918). He was part of the Standing Committee on Industry and Agriculture.
In 1918 he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Central America and lived in several cities of the continent. He left diplomacy in 1924 and returned to Chile, far from the political world. Bibliographical sources
* Political Album: The Government, Parliament and the Council of State in the Republic of Chile (1912-1915); Alfredo Valderrama Pérez; Editorial Zig-Zag; Santiago, Chile, 1914; page 217.
* Biographies of Chileans: Members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches (1876-1973); Armando de Ramón Folch; Editions Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 1999, volume 3.
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