Luis Adán Molina
Luis Adán Molina Gómez (1861–1952) was a Chilean mining engineer and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
A member of the Radical Party, Molina represented Osorno from 1912 to 1915. This was his only term in Congress.
Biography
Molina was born in 1861, the son of Manuel José Molina Benítez and Mercedes Gómez Ramos. He studied at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the University of Chile, qualifying as a mining engineer in August 1886.
During the War of the Pacific, he served as a naval cadet aspirant. He later taught descriptive geometry in the engineering program and mathematics at the War Academy, and was a member of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the University of Chile.
Molina joined the Directorate of Public Works as an engineer and remained there for 26 years, eventually serving as its director general.
After leaving Congress, he held several positions in public and private institutions. He served as president of the Compañía de Consumidores de Gas de Santiago in 1923 and 1939, director of the Sociedad Química Nacional (SOQUINA) in 1939, and Minister of Industry and Public Works in 1924.
He also contributed to newspapers and magazines and published works on the War of the Pacific and Chilean history, including Guerra del Pacífico: el ejército chileno and Guerra del Pacífico: la marina chilena, both published in 1920.
Molina died in 1952.