Jorge Vargas (politician)

Chilean politician

Jorge Vargas Gonzalez (Pichilemu, February 8, 1967) is a Chilean politician, singer, composer. He was the mayor of Pichilemu from 1997 to 2007, when he was fired due to legal reasons.

Jorge Vargas González
Mayor of Pichilemu
In office
January 12, 1997 – June 24, 2007
Succeeded byVictor Rojas
Majority43,37% (2004)[1]
2.958 from 6.820 votes[1]
Personal details
Born (1967-02-08) 8 February 1967 (age 57)
Pichilemu, Chile
NationalityChilean
Political partyChristian Democratic Party

Biography change

In November 7, 1998, Jorge Vargas left the Mayoralty of Pichilemu for almost 3 months because of false medical licenses.[2]

In 2007, he was arrested because he stole money from the Municipality. He used money from the Health service to make a calendar with photos of himself,[3] in a case named Calendarios. Later was arrested his successor, Victor Rojas, and then the successor of this latter, Marcelo Cabrera.

Music change

Vargas has produced himself an album named Heredero de Tu Amor, in 2004.[4] He produced a song of the same name, receiving high airplay in Chilean radios.[5] He also manages a radio in the city named Radio Somos Pichilemu, since early 2008.

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Votación Candidatos por Comuna Pichilemu Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Ministerio del Interior Chile
  2. El Mercurio.com
  3. Pichilemu: Querella por mal uso de fondos municipales, El Mercurio, May 3, 2003
  4. Preso alcalde de Pichilemu acusado de inducción al falso testimonio Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine in La Cuarta (in Spanish)
  5. "La Cuarta: Jorge Vargas: "Paulina Nin le faltó el respeto a mi pueblo..." [04/11/2004]". lacuarta.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

Other websites change