Luis Uribe Barra
Luis Uribe Barra | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1930 – 15 May 1941 | |
| Constituency | 21st Departamental Circumscription |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 April 1897 |
| Died | 12 August 1980 |
| Party | Radical Party |
Luis Uribe Barra (2 April 1897 – 12 August 1980) was a Chilean physician and politician. He served as a deputy representing the Twenty-first Departamental Circumscription of Llaima, Imperial and Temuco, and later the Twentieth Departamental Grouping of Traiguén, Lautaro and Victoria.[1]
Biography
Uribe was born in Traiguén, Chile, on 2 April 1897, the son of José Uribe Zúñiga and Francisca Barra Bizano.[1]
He studied at the Liceo de Concepción and later at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, graduating as a surgeon in 1924. His thesis was titled “Consideraciones generales sobre los modernos métodos en el tratamiento de fracturas.”[1]
Professional career
Uribe practiced medicine in Santiago at the Hospital San Juan de Dios and at the Asistencia Pública until 1928. He later moved to Lautaro, where he worked for the Seguro Obrero and served as garrison surgeon and forensic physician.[1]
He was secretary of the Beneficencia Pública de Santiago and, in 1952, was appointed director of the Open Door institution. He also served as director of a School of Nursing.[1]
He was a member of the Sociedad Médica de Chile, and served as president of the Boy Scouts and a tennis club.[1]
Political career
Uribe was affiliated with the Radical Party.[1]
He was elected deputy for the Twenty-first Departamental Circumscription of Llaima, Imperial and Temuco for the 1930–1932 legislative period. He was a member of the Permanent Commission on War and Navy.[2][1]
He was re-elected deputy for the Twentieth Departamental Grouping of Traiguén, Lautaro and Victoria for the 1933–1937 legislative period, serving on the Permanent Commission on National Defense and, as a substitute member, on the Commission on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.[1]
He was again re-elected for the 1937–1941 legislative period, serving on the Permanent Commission on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene and, as a substitute member, on the Commission on Internal Government.[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.