Background and career
Jerónimo Segundo Méndez Arancibia (25 September 1887 – 12 June 1959) was a Chilean physician and politician, and a member of the Radical Party (PR).
He served as Minister of the Interior during the administration of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, assuming office as Vice President of Chile following the president's death in November 1941. He had previously served as mayor, municipal councillor, and senator representing Atacama and Coquimbo.
He was born in Chañaral, where he completed his secondary studies. In 1914 he graduated as an MD from the Universidad de Chile. President Pedro Aguirre Cerda appointed him Minister of the Interior. At the death of President Aguirre Cerda on 25 November 1941, he became provisional President. He called for presidential elections that were won by Juan Antonio Ríos on 1 February 1942.
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