Joaquín Prieto Hurtado
Joaquín Prieto Hurtado (1863 – 10 January 1951) was a Chilean lawyer, academic and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and as Minister of Finance under President Germán Riesco.
A member of the Conservative Party, he represented Caupolicán from 1894 to 1897 and Concepción, Talcahuano, Lautaro and Coelemu from 1897 to 1900.
Early life
Prieto was born in Santiago in 1863 to Joaquín Prieto Warnes and Primitiva Hurtado Alcalde. He studied at the Seminario Conciliar de los Santos Ángeles Custodios and later studied law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 2 September 1885.
He married Lucía Concha Subercaseaux, with whom he had six children, including Conservative politicians Joaquín Prieto Concha and Camilo Prieto Concha.
Prieto practiced law and was also involved in agriculture. From 1894 to 1896, he taught civil law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Chile. He also worked as a lawyer for the public charitable institutions and served as defender of minors in Santiago.
Political career
A member of the Conservative Party, Prieto was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Caupolicán for the 1894–1897 legislative term.
He was reelected for Concepción, Talcahuano, Lautaro and Coelemu for the 1897–1900 legislative term.
During the presidency of Germán Riesco, Prieto was appointed Minister of Finance on 7 May 1906. He remained in office until 18 September 1906. While serving as finance minister, he also served as acting Minister of War and Navy from 29 August to 7 September 1906.
Prieto died in Viña del Mar on 10 January 1951.