Luis Antonio Silva
Luis Antonio Silva | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1933 – 15 May 1941 | |
| Constituency | 23rd Departmental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1888 |
| Died | 8 April 1962 (aged 73) |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Clementina Clarés Núñez |
| Children | Five |
| Parent(s) | Guillermo Silva Sepúlveda Domitila Silva |
| Profession | Lawyer and journalist |
Luis Antonio Silva Silva (9 September 1888 – 8 April 1962) was a Chilean politician, lawyer, and journalist who served as deputy of the Republic.[1]
Biography
Silva was born in Santiago, Chile, on 9 September 1888. He was the son of Guillermo Silva Sepúlveda and Domitila Silva.[1]
He studied at the Seminario de Santiago, the Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino in Santiago, and the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 15 December 1911 after submitting a thesis entitled Una cuestión sobre la porción conyugal.[1]
He married Clementina Clarés Núñez, with whom he had five children.[1]
Professional career
Silva served as professor of Spanish, Latin, and Medieval History at the Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino.[1]
Between 1916 and 1921, he worked as a lawyer for the Andes Mining Company in Chañaral. From 1921 to 1930, he was editor and deputy director of El Diario Ilustrado, becoming its director in 1930, a position he held until 1961.[1]
He served as councillor of the Chilean Telephone Company, the Mortgage Credit Fund (Caja de Crédito Hipotecario), and the Sales Corporation of Nitrate and Iodine (Corporación de Ventas de Salitre y Yodo). In 1946, he traveled to Spain as a guest of the Spanish government.[1]
Political career
Silva was a member of the Conservative Party.[1]
He was elected deputy for the Twenty-third Departmental Grouping (Llanquihue and Aysén) for the 1933–1937 legislative period, serving on the Standing Committee on Internal Police and Regulations.[1]
He was re-elected for the reformed Twenty-third Departmental Grouping (Llanquihue, Puerto Varas and Aysén) for the 1937–1941 term, serving on the Standing Committee on National Defense.[1]
Distinctions
In 1958, he received the National Prize for Journalism in the category of Writing (Redacción).[1]
Other activities
He served as honorary president of several political and cultural institutions.[1]