Arturo Montecinos
Chilean politician (1875–1934)
Arturo Montecinos Rozas (1875 – 19 April 1934) was a Chilean lawyer and politician, member of the Radical Party. He served as Deputy during the 1920s and early 1930s and later held two ministerial portfolios under President Arturo Alessandri Palma.
Biography
He was born in Osorno, Chile, in 1875, the son of Carlos Montecinos and Filomena Rozas Pérez. He studied law at the University of Chile and was admitted as a lawyer on 18 October 1901, presenting the thesis Del ministerio público: sobre la conveniencia de suprimirlo.
Montecinos practiced his profession in southern Chile and served as secretary of the Municipality of Osorno and director of Banco Osorno y La Unión in 1923.
He married Luisa Montalva Barrientos, and they had two children.
Political career
A member of the Radical Party, he served as director and president of the Radical Assembly of Osorno.
He was elected Deputy for Osorno for the 1921–1924 term. He was re-elected for the 1924–1927 period, although Congress was dissolved on 11 September 1924.
In the 1925 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for the 23rd Departmental Circumscription (Osorno, Llanquihue and Carelmapu) for the 1926–1930 term, serving on several permanent committees, including Agriculture and Colonization.
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