Luis Antonio Silva
Luis Antonio Silva Silva (9 September 1888 – 8 April 1962) was a Chilean politician, lawyer, and journalist who served as deputy of the Republic.
Biography
Silva was born in Santiago, Chile, on 9 September 1888. He was the son of Guillermo Silva Sepúlveda and Domitila Silva.
He studied at the Seminario de Santiago, the Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino in Santiago, and the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer on 15 December 1911 after submitting a thesis entitled Una cuestión sobre la porción conyugal.
He married Clementina Clarés Núñez, with whom he had five children.
Professional career
Silva served as professor of Spanish, Latin, and Medieval History at the Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino.
Between 1916 and 1921, he worked as a lawyer for the Andes Mining Company in Chañaral. From 1921 to 1930, he was editor and deputy director of El Diario Ilustrado, becoming its director in 1930, a position he held until 1961.
He served as councillor of the Chilean Telephone Company, the Mortgage Credit Fund (Caja de Crédito Hipotecario), and the Sales Corporation of Nitrate and Iodine (Corporación de Ventas de Salitre y Yodo). In 1946, he traveled to Spain as a guest of the Spanish government.
Political career
Silva was a member of the Conservative Party.
He was elected deputy for the Twenty-third Departmental Grouping (Llanquihue and Aysén) for the 1933–1937 legislative period, serving on the Standing Committee on Internal Police and Regulations.
He was re-elected for the reformed Twenty-third Departmental Grouping (Llanquihue, Puerto Varas and Aysén) for the 1937–1941 term, serving on the Standing Committee on National Defense.
Distinctions
In 1958, he received the National Prize for Journalism in the category of Writing (Redacción).
Other activities
He served as honorary president of several political and cultural institutions.