Rolando Merino Reyes

Rolando Merino Reyes
Minister of Interior
In office
28 September 1939 – 2 April 1942
PresidentPedro Aguirre Cerda
Jerónimo Méndez (acting)
Preceded byCarlos Alberto Martínez
Succeeded byPedro Poblete
Minister of Health
In office
10 October 1941 – 14 December 1941
PresidentPedro Aguirre Cerda
Jerónimo Méndez (acting)
Preceded bySalvador Allende
Succeeded bySalvador Allende
Minister of Development
In office
16 November 1941 – 2 April 1942
PresidentPedro Aguirre Cerda
Jerónimo Méndez (acting)
Preceded byOscar Schnake
Succeeded byOscar Schnake
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1933 – 29 November 1939
Constituency17th Departamental Group
Personal details
Born(1898-04-03)3 April 1898
Died1 January 1957(1957-01-01) (aged 58)
PartySocialist Party (PS)
Alma materUniversity of Chile (LL.B)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Rolando Merino Reyes (3 April 1898 – 1957) was a Chilean lawyer, academic and politician. He served as Minister of the Interior from 6 to 13 June 1932 during the first Government Junta of the Socialist Republic of Chile, and subsequently as a member of the second Socialist Government Junta between 13 and 16 June 1932.

He was dean of the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences at the University of Concepción from 1943 to 1956. Merino is remembered for the phrase: «The University is always open to the four cardinal points of culture and spirit, and closed only to those who refuse to fulfill their duties or advocate obstinate dogmatism».