Litré Quiroga

Littré Quiroga
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
30 November 1931 – 19 December 1932
Preceded byArturo Montecinos
Succeeded byGabriel González Videla
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1930 – 6 June 1932
Constituency22nd Departamental Circumscription
Personal details
Born(1881-02-03)3 February 1881
PartyRadical Party

Littré Quiroga Arenas (3 February 1881 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer and politician.[1]

Biography

Quiroga was born in Santiago, Chile, on 3 February 1881, the son of José Carlos Quiroga and Jesús Arenas.[1] He married Laura Novoa Aguayo and later, in Santiago on 16 May 1940, Ernestina González Gutiérrez.[1]

He studied at the Liceo de Concepción and continued legal studies there. He qualified as a lawyer on 5 September 1902; his thesis was titled “Elección y subrogación del Presidente de la República”.[1]

He worked as a writer for the newspaper El Sur of Concepción and served as a professor of philosophy at the University of Concepción. He was also president of the council of the newspaper La Nación.[1]

Political career

Quiroga was affiliated with the Radical Party.[1]

He served as secretary of the Council of Ministers. In 1940 he was appointed undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, and in 1941 fiscal of the Caja de Colonización.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Littré Quiroga Arenas – 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. 497.

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.