Luis Zenón Urrutia

Luis Zenón Urrutia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 March 1941 – 15 May 1945
Constituency17th Departmental Group
Personal details
Born(1908-12-04)4 December 1908
Died29 January 1975(1975-01-29) (aged 66)
PartyConservative Party
SpouseRosa Barros Pérez-Cotapos

Luis Zenón Urrutia Infante (4 December 1908 – 29 January 1975) was a Chilean conservative politician who served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1941 and 1945.[1]

Biography

Urrutia Infante was born in Concepción, Chile, on 4 December 1908. He was the son of former parliamentarian Zenón Urrutia Manzano and Avelina Infante Sanders.[1]

He completed his secondary education at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Concepción. He later moved to Santiago, where he married Rosa Barros Pérez-Cotapos in 1939.[1]

Political career

A member of the Conservative Party, Urrutia Infante was involved in the founding of the National Movement of the Conservative Youth of Chile. He also worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1929 and 1932.[1]

He was elected Deputy for the 17th Departmental Group —Talcahuano, Tomé, Concepción and Yumbel— for the 1941–1945 legislative term. During his tenure, he served on the standing Committee on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.[1]

Memberships

Urrutia Infante was a member and later vice-president (1950–1954) of the Chilean Institute of Genealogical Research. He was also a member of the Chilean Academy of History, the Círculo Portaliano, the Chilean Society of History and Geography, and the Club Concepción.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Luis Zenón Urrutia Infante – BCN Parliamentary Biography". Library of the National Congress of Chile.