[1] He served as an intendant, legislator, and minister of state during the governments of Presidents Arturo Alessandri and Gabriel González Videla.

[1] During Carlos Dávila's provisional presidency, he was appointed intendant of the Biobío Province on June 30, 1932, but resigned from the position in July of the same year.

[1] He did not complete his parliamentary term because he accepted the position of minister of state, and in his place, Pedro Hernán Freeman Caris was incorporated on June 25 of the same year.

[1] During the government of liberal President Arturo Alessandri, he was appointed Minister of Labour,[4] a position he held from April 19, 1934, to March 31, 1936.

[citation needed] On August 8, 1950, he assumed the position of Minister of Labour for the second time, serving until July 29, 1952, under the administration of fellow radical President Gabriel González Videla.

[1] He worked as a forestry entrepreneur, acquiring the "El Trapiche" estate near Coipue, in the commune of Curepto, in the early 1950s.