Background
José María Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle was born on March 5, 1945, in Santiago de Chile, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile.
José María Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle was born on March 5, 1945, in Santiago de Chile, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile.
He completed his secondary studies at Colegio San Ignacio, and he later graduated as Performance Engineer in Fisheries from the School of Fisheries & Food of the Catholic University of Valparaísouthern
In 1986, he was appointed mayor of Palmilla, which is according to the Library of the National Congress of Chile, the commune where he resides. He left the office in 1989 to become a candidate for deputy in the forthcoming elections, representing the National Renewal party. He was eventually elected for the District #32 of Santa Cruz and Pichilemu, for a term which lasted between 1990 and 1994.
He was re-elected for another term, between 1994 and 1998.
He also was vice president of the National Federation of Chilean Rodeo.
Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle is a member of Sociedad Agrícola Los Maquis Limitada, member of the Rodeo Club of Santa Cruz (also being president of the organization), and executive of PRODUCAM Limitada