Miguel Amunátegui Johnson

Miguel Luis Amunátegui Johnson (24 August 1909 – 30 August 2004) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the legislative period 1969–1973, and was active in several political parties, including the Liberal Party, the National Party, and later National Renewal.

He was the son of deputy Miguel Luis Amunátegui Reyes and Josefina Johnson Gana. He studied at the Instituto Nacional and later entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, graduating in Law in 1932.^[1] He married Alicia Mönckeberg Barros, with whom he had eight children.

He began his political activity in his university years, joining the Liberal Party. He served as president of the Liberal Youth of Santiago and later as a member of the party’s executive board.^[1]

In the 1945 election, he was elected deputy for the 7th Departmental Group (Santiago Second District), serving until 1949. He was reelected for the 1949–1953 term. In Congress, he participated in the Commissions of Public Education; Labor and Social Legislation; Constitution, Legislation and Justice; and Foreign Affairs.

Between 1954 and 1961 he was secretary general of the Liberal Party. Later, he resigned and joined the Frente Nacional Chileno. In 1966 he became one of the founders of the National Party. In the 1969 election, he was again elected deputy, serving until the dissolution of Congress in 1973.

In 1987, during the return to democracy, he co-founded National Renewal.

He died in Santiago on 30 August 2004 at the age of 95. Shortly after, he received a posthumous tribute in the Senate of Chile.^[2]

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