Aurelio Cruzat
Aurelio Cruzat Ortega | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 15 May 1926 – 6 June 1932 | |
| Constituency | 3rd Provincial Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Radical Party |
Aurelio Cruzat Ortega (1883 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as senator representing the Third Provincial Grouping of Valparaíso and Aconcagua during the 1926–1934 legislative period.[1]
Biography
Cruzat was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1883, the son of Celso Emiliano Cruzat Fernández and Carmen Ortega.[1]
He studied at the Liceo of Concepción and in the law course of the same institution, qualifying as a lawyer on 15 October 1906. His thesis was titled Código de procedimiento civil. Títulos ejecutivos.[1]
He settled in Valparaíso, where he practiced law, specializing in commercial litigation. He served as vice president of the Valparaíso Bar Association and was professor of procedural law for fifteen years from the foundation of the law course. He was also procurator of the Court of Appeals of Valparaíso.[1]
He collaborated in reforms to the Code of Civil Procedure, particularly in bankruptcy law, and was commissioned to study customs legislation in Argentina.[1]
He held numerous institutional roles, including vice president of the Valparaíso Bar Association, president of the National Chamber of Commerce, vice president of the Central Chamber of Commerce, honorary president of the National Small Mining Corporation, and administrator of the Van Buren Hospital for five years. He was also a partner in Oberhauser y Cía. Ltda., a chemical manufacturing firm.[1]
He was founder of the Patronato de Hospitales, president of the Liga de Estudiantes Pobres and the Liga Contra el Alcoholismo, member of the Local Trade Board of Valparaíso, and founder and first president of the Rotary Club of Valparaíso.[1]
Political career
Cruzat was a member of the Radical Party (PR). He was elected senator for the Third Provincial Grouping of Valparaíso and Aconcagua for the 1926–1934 legislative period, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Ismael Undurraga in March 1926, and was proclaimed in his place on 10 May 1926.[1]
He served as a substitute member of the Permanent Commissions on Constitution, Legislation, Justice and Regulations; Public Education; Finance, Commerce and Municipal Loans; and Agriculture, Mining, Industrial Development and Colonization, and was a member of the Permanent Commission on Hygiene and Public Assistance.[2][1]
He also presided over the Commission for the Study of Social Legislation Reforms and presented several legislative initiatives, including reforms to the electoral registry, public defense, fiscal legal organization, ministerial restructuring, public office centralization in Valparaíso, judicial career reforms, and agricultural credit law modifications.[1]
His tenure was interrupted following the 1932 Chilean coup d'état, which led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Luis Valencia Avaria (1951). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo desde 1810. Tomo II. Imprenta Universitaria, Santiago.