Javier Errázuriz
Javier Errázuriz Echaurren (4 February 1853 – 14 March 1913) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and as a senator for Colchagua Province and Concepción.
A member of the Conservative Party, Errázuriz served three non-consecutive periods in the National Congress of Chile between 1876 and 1903.
Early life
Errázuriz was born in Santiago on 4 February 1853 to Federico Errázuriz Zañartu and Eulogia Echaurren García-Huidobro. His father served as President of Chile from 1871 to 1876.
He studied at Colegio San Ignacio and later attended the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 8 June 1876.
On 11 September 1876, Errázuriz married Regina Mena Varas, with whom he had eight children.
Political career
Errázuriz was a member of the Conservative Party, in which he became one of its leading figures.
He first entered the National Congress of Chile in 1876, when he was elected to the Senate for Colchagua Province for the 1876–1882 parliamentary period. During his term, he served on the permanent committee for war and navy.
After an interval outside Congress, Errázuriz was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for San Fernando for the 1894–1897 parliamentary period. He served on the permanent committee for elections and petitions.
In 1897, Errázuriz returned to the Senate after being elected senator for Concepción for the 1897–1903 parliamentary period. He served as a substitute member of the permanent committee for education and charity and as a member of the permanent committee for war and navy.
Errázuriz was also a founding member of the newspaper La Nación.
He died in San Fernando on 14 March 1913, aged 60.