Littré Quiroga Arenas
Littré Quiroga Arenas (3 February 1881 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer and politician.
Biography
Quiroga was born in Santiago, Chile, on 3 February 1881, the son of José Carlos Quiroga and Jesús Arenas. He married Laura Novoa Aguayo and later, in Santiago on 16 May 1940, Ernestina González Gutiérrez.
He studied at the Liceo de Concepción and continued legal studies there. He qualified as a lawyer on 5 September 1902; his thesis was titled “Elección y subrogación del Presidente de la República”.
He worked as a writer for the newspaper El Sur of Concepción and served as a professor of philosophy at the University of Concepción. He was also president of the council of the newspaper La Nación.
Political career
Quiroga was affiliated with the Radical Party.
He served as secretary of the Council of Ministers. In 1940 he was appointed undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, and in 1941 fiscal of the Caja de Colonización.
Bibliography
- Luis Valencia Avaria (1951). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo desde 1810. Tomo II. Imprenta Universitaria, Santiago.