Guillermo Ramírez Sanz
Guillermo Ramírez Sanz (1881 – 13 February 1950) was a Chilean agriculturalist, industrialist and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Ramírez represented Linares, Parral and Loncomilla from 1909 to 1915. During both parliamentary terms, he was a member of the Permanent Commission of Public Works.
During his first term, Ramírez participated prominently in the defense of Finance Minister Manuel Salinas during a constitutional accusation against him. He also took part in debates concerning monetary policy and wrote articles on financial and economic issues in the daily press.
Following his reelection for the 1912–1915 term, he intervened in debates over economic legislation and advocated nationalist economic ideas. He also opposed the Huneeus–Varela agreement concerning Tacna and Arica, both in the Chamber and through articles published in the press.
Biography
Ramírez was born in Santiago in 1881, the son of Andrés Ramírez and Amelia Sanz. He studied at the Liceo Pedagógico and later pursued legal studies at the University of Chile, although he subsequently devoted himself to agriculture and industry.
He entered public administration in 1900 as an auxiliary employee of the Ministry of Industry and Public Works. In 1902, he became head of its Railways Section, and in 1903 he was appointed inspector of the administration and accounting of railways under provisional operation. The following year, he became a government inspector of the nitrate railways in Iquique and the wider nitrate region.
In 1905, Ramírez was appointed Chile's official delegate to the International Railway Congress held in Washington, D.C.. After returning to Chile in 1906, he became head of the Office for the Inspection of Private Railways. He later left the civil service to enter national politics.
Ramírez died in Santiago on 13 February 1950.