Career
He also was the Mayor of Paredones between 1980 and 1981. Political career
Emilio Merino Lacoste was appointed Mayor of Pichilemu by the military government of General Augusto Pinochet in 1983. He succeeded Julio Waidele Wolff, and held the office until 30 August 1984, when the military government appointed René Maturana Maldonado.
