Enrique Montero Cabrera

Enrique Montero
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1930 – 6 June 1932
Constituency22nd Departamental Circumscription
Personal details
Born(1887-09-25)25 September 1887
PartyConservative Party
SpouseGudelia Pacheco

Enrique Montero Cabrera (25 September 1887 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer, journalist and politician. He served as a deputy representing the Twenty-second Departamental Circumscription of Valdivia, La Unión, Villarrica and Río Bueno during the 1930–1934 legislative period.[1]

Biography

Montero was born in Paredones, Chile, on 25 September 1887, the son of Neftalí Montero and Zoila Cabrera.[1] He married Gudelia Pacheco Pizarro.[1]

He studied at the Liceo de Curicó and the Seminary of Talca, later entering the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 4 September 1913; his thesis was titled “Juicios sobre destitución de jueces”.[1]

He worked as a journalist and was a writer for the newspapers El Diario Popular and La Unión of Santiago between 1907 and 1911. He later practiced law in Melipilla and Rengo, and served as fiscal procurator in Valdivia until 1930.[1]

He rejoined the Fiscal Defense Service in 1936 and served as procurator in Chillán and later in Iquique, where he worked until 1951. He was also a member of the Court of Appeals and the Labour Court of Iquique, and a lawyer for the Consejo de Defensa Fiscal.[1]

He was an active member of the Colegio de Abogados de Iquique, serving as its president on several occasions, and a member of the Rotary Club of Iquique, which he presided between 1945 and 1946.[1]

Political career

Montero was affiliated with the Conservative Party.[1]

He was elected deputy for the Twenty-second Departamental Circumscription of Valdivia, La Unión, Villarrica and Río Bueno for the 1930–1934 legislative period. He was a member of the Permanent Commissions on Agriculture and Colonization and on Labour and Social Welfare.[2][1]

The 1932 Chilean coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Enrique Montero Cabrera – Parliamentary Biography". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  2. ^ Valencia Avaria, Luis (1951). Anales de la República, Tomo II. p. 498.

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.