Pedro Pablo Caro | |
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Born |
Pedro Pablo Caro Rodríguez 12 May 1875 San Antonio de Petrel, Pichilemu, Chile |
Died | 3 July 1959 Rancagua, Chile |
(aged 84)
Nationality | Chilean |
Alma mater | University of Chile |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Spouse(s) | Clementina Leiva Espinoza (married 1902) Elena Salinas Monzón |
Children | 6 |
Parent(s) |
José María Caro Martínez Rita Rodríguez Cornejo |
Pedro Pablo Caro Rodríguez (12 May 1875 – 3 July 1959) was a Chilean lawyer. After obtaining the degree of law and political sciences from the University of Chile, he worked as an independent lawyer in Rancagua, and served as acting judges in several communes and departments in Chile, including San Carlos, Curicó, Nacimiento, among others. He was also a secretary and treasurer of the municipality of Buin. Caro Rodríguez was member of the Conservative Party of Chile, and later of the Christian Democrat Party of Chile.
Pedro Pablo was born on 12 May 1875, to José María Caro Martínez (1830–1916), the first Mayor of Pichilemu, and Rita Rodríguez Cornejo (1834–1932), in the village of San Antonio de Petrel, Pichilemu, in current Cardenal Caro Province, Region of O'Higgins. He was the seventh child of the Caro Rodríguez marriage; among his siblings were José María (1866–1958), the first Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and Francisco Adriano, the eighth Mayor of Pichilemu.
Caro Rodríguez completed his secondary studies at Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino. He obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and humanities from the University of Chile. In 1900, he obtained a bachelor's degree in Law and Political Sciences from the same university, and in the following year, he became a graduate in the same faculty. His thesis was titled "Deficiencias de nuestras actuales leyes sobre bosques y utilidad de su reforma". He was sworn in as a lawyer on 28 August 1901.