Aníbal Sanfuentes
Aníbal Sanfuentes Velasco (died 30 September 1908) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and as Minister of Justice and Public Instruction under President Germán Riesco.
He represented La Serena in the Constituent Congress of 1891 and served successively as second and first vice president of the Chamber of Deputies.
Early life
Sanfuentes was the son of Rafael Sanfuentes Torres and Margarita Velasco Montes. He studied at the Instituto Nacional and later studied law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 28 May 1875.
After completing his studies, Sanfuentes practiced law in Santiago. He married Eloísa Joglar Currel, with whom he had children.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Sanfuentes held positions on the party's executive board.
He entered parliamentary politics in 1891, when he was elected deputy for La Serena to the Constituent Congress, which sat from 15 April to 18 August of that year. During this period, he served as second vice president of the Chamber of Deputies from 21 April to 21 May 1891 and subsequently as first vice president.
Following the 1891 Chilean Civil War, Sanfuentes remained active in politics. He contributed to the newspaper La República and wrote articles concerning the jurisprudence that developed in the aftermath of the conflict.
During the presidency of Germán Riesco, Sanfuentes was appointed Minister of Justice and Public Instruction on 7 April 1903, while Interior Minister Ramón Barros Luco was serving as vice president. Sanfuentes remained in the ministry until 1 September 1903.
After leaving government, Sanfuentes withdrew from public life and returned to his legal practice. He continued working as a lawyer until his death in Santiago on 30 September 1908.