[1] Acevedo Pavez completed his secondary studies at the former School of Arts and Crafts (Escuela de Artes y Oficios, current University of Santiago de Chile), where he studied electricity and civil construction.

[1] He worked for the Chilean Company of Electricity (Compañía Chilena de Electricidad) between 1935 and 1953.

[2] In 1953, he was elected deputy for the Eighth Departmental Group of Melipilla, San Antonio, San Bernardo, and Maipo;[3] during his first term as deputy (which lasted until 1957), he was member of the Permanent Committee on National Defence, the Special Committee on Housing, the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Implementation of Law No.

Also during his term, he renounced the Popular Socialist Party, and stood as an independent politician.

[1] Juan Acevedo Pavez was re-elected deputy for the same departmental group three more times: in 1961, 1965, and 1969.