Víctor Santa Cruz Serrano
Víctor Santa Cruz Serrano | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1945 – 15 May 1949 | |
| Constituency | 17th Departmental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1913 Chiñigue, Chile |
| Died | 8 September 1990 (aged 77) |
| Party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse |
Adriana Sutil Alcalde
(m. 1937) |
| Profession | Lawyer, Academic, Diplomat |
Víctor Santa Cruz Serrano (7 May 1913 – 8 September 1990) was a Chilean lawyer, academic, diplomat and liberal politician.[1]
Biography
Santa Cruz Serrano was born in Chiñigue, Chile, on 7 May 1913. He was the son of Gregorio Santa Cruz Ossa and Matilde Serrano Lamas.[1]
He studied at Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom and later at the Instituto Nacional. He completed courses in Economics and Banking Studies at the Central Bank between 1929 and 1931, and studied law at the University of Chile Faculty of Law from 1932 to 1936. He qualified as a lawyer in May 1937, submitting a thesis entitled Ensayo sobre las nulidades procesales en el código de procedimiento civil chileno.[1]
He practiced law in Santiago, specializing in civil cases. He worked in the Exchange Section of the Banco de Chile and in the Statistics and Economic Research Section of the Central Bank between 1929 and 1931. He was a member of the Civil Law Commission of the Chilean Institute of Legislative Studies from 1939 and served as its Executive Secretary from its foundation until 1945.[1]
Between 1949 and 1951, he was contracted by the Government of El Salvador to draft reforms to that country’s Civil Code. He later carried out a special mission in the United States before the economic bodies of the International Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He served as agent in the arbitration proceedings concerning Palena. He was Ambassador of Chile to London between 1959 and 1970.[1]
In academia, he served as assistant professor of Advanced and Comparative Civil Law between 1936 and 1940 and as professor of Civil Law at the University of Chile in 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1953.[1]
He married Adriana Sutil Alcalde in Santiago on 3 December 1937, with whom he had four children, including Víctor and Sebastián.[1]
Political career
Santa Cruz Serrano was a member of the Liberal Party. He served on the party’s General Board and participated on several occasions in its Executive Committee.[1]
He was elected Deputy for the 17th Departmental Group —Concepción, Tomé, Talcahuano, Yumbel and Coronel— for the 1945–1949 term. During his parliamentary service, he sat on the Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs; Constitution, Legislation and Justice; Public Education; Finance; and Economy and Commerce.[1]
He was a life member of the Anglo-Chilean Society.[1]
Santa Cruz Serrano died in Zapallar on 8 September 1990.[1]