José Manuel Ríos
José Manuel Ríos | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 15 September 1936 – 15 May 1941 | |
| Constituency | 2nd Provincial Grouping |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1926 – 15 September 1936 | |
| Constituency | 6th Departamental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Manuel Ríos Arias 1 September 1889 Valparaiso, Chile |
| Died | 3 April 1953 (aged 63) Santiago, Chile |
| Party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Ema Igualt Urenda |
| Children | 4 including, Héctor Ríos Igualt |
| Education | University of Chile, 1913 |
| Occupation | |
| Awards | Knight of the Legion of Honor, 1946 |
José Manuel Ríos Arias (1 September 1889 – 3 April 1953) was a Chilean lawyer, politician and member of the Liberal Party. Between 1936 and 1941 Ríos served as a senator for Atacama and Coquimbo.[1]
Early life and education
Ríos was born in Valparaiso on 1 September 1889, the son of Mariano Rios Gonzalez and Carmela Arias Nebel.
He studied at the Seminario San Rafael of Valparaiso and at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana in Santiago. He pursued legal studies at the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the University of Chile, where he earned his law degree on 21 April 1913. His thesis was titled El Fisco litigante.[1]
Professional career
A specialist in civil, commercial and mining law, he practiced law in Valparaiso and Santiago. He served as lawyer and director of various national and foreign mining companies and as director of commercial, industrial, insurance and shipping companies. He was director of La Chilena Consolidada Insurance Company and La Industrial Insurance Company; of the Oruro Mining Company and the Morococala Tin Company; of the Chilean Tourism and Hotels Society; and of the Puyehue Hot Springs Society. He served as president of La Central Insurance Company and vice president of the Huanchaca Mining Company of Bolivia. He was a founder and director of the Chilean Nitrate Company (COSACH), a director of the Bank of Chile, of the Mauricio Hochschild Consortium, of the Sociedad Agricola Nuble, of Rupanco, and of other joint-stock companies.[1]
Political career
He was initially a member of the National Party, serving as director of the Centro Nacional in 1907 and as a member of the National Directorate in 1913. After the merger of this party with liberal and balmacedist groups, he became president of the Liberal Party.[1]
He was appointed Minister of Justice by President Carlos Ibanez del Campo from 13 to 22 July 1931 and concurrently served as Minister of Public Education during the same period.[1]
He was elected deputy for the Sixth Departmental Circumscription of Valparaiso, Quillota, Limache and Casablanca for the 1926–1930 term, serving on the Standing Committee on Internal Government and as alternate deputy on the Standing Committee on Finance.[1]
He was re-elected deputy for the Fifth Departmental Circumscription of Petorca, Ligua, Putaendo, San Felipe and Los Andes for the 1930–1934 term, serving on the Standing Committee on Labor and Social Welfare. The revolutionary movement of 4 June 1932 led to the dissolution of Congress on 6 June.[1]
He was again elected deputy for the Sixth Departmental Grouping of Quillota and Valparaiso for the 1933–1937 term, serving on the Standing Committee on Finance. In September 1936, following the death of the incumbent senator, he entered the Senate on 15 September 1936 as senator for the Second Provincial Grouping of Atacama and Coquimbo, serving until the end of the 1933–1941 legislative period.[1]
Other activities
He served as professor of Commercial Instruction and Criminal Law in Valparaiso. He was an agricultural producer and owner of the San Rafael estate in Curimon, Los Andes, dedicated to cattle and pig breeding, dairy production and crop cultivation. He was a partner of Pascual Barburiza in the Sociedad Agricola San Vicente and the Santa Rosa estate in Calle Larga, Los Andes Province. He was a member and counselor of the National Agriculture Society.[1]
He was a member of the Valparaiso Club, the Vina del Mar Club, the Club de la Union and the Valparaiso Sporting Club.[1]
Honors
He was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1946 by the government of France, in recognition of services rendered to that country before, during and after the Second World War. In 1940, he delivered a notable speech in the Senate supporting the European democracies against Nazi aggression and expressing solidarity with France following the Wehrmacht attack on its territory.[1]
Personal life
Ríos married Ema Igualt Urenda, with whom he had four children including Héctor Ríos Igualt.[1]
He died in Santiago on 3 April 1953.[1]