Luis Covarrubias
Isaac Luis Covarrubias Ortúzar (9 September 1865 – 1916) was a Chilean politician, lawyer, journalist and literary critic affiliated with the Conservative Party.
He served as Deputy of the Republic for Talca, Curepto and Lontué for two consecutive legislative periods between 1900 and 1906.
Biography
Covarrubias was born in Santiago on 9 September 1865, the son of Álvaro Covarrubias and Benigna Ortúzar. He studied law at the University of Chile and qualified as a lawyer on 1 June 1887.
Alongside his legal career, he worked as a journalist and literary critic, contributing to the Revista de Artes y Letras and El Independiente in 1884. That year, he also published a series on critical bibliography examining contemporary Chilean publications. Covarrubias was interested in numismatics and banking studies and researched legislation concerning the issuance of currency. In 1916, he published a series of articles titled Monedas Chilenas desde la Independencia hasta la fecha in the Revista de Historia y Geografía, combining numismatic research with the study of public finance and political economy.
He became a member of the Council of Public Instruction on 11 July 1886 and was appointed an attaché to the Chilean legation in France on 23 March 1889.
Political career
A member of the Conservative Party, Covarrubias was appointed Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies on 28 September 1892. He was subsequently elected Deputy for Talca, Curepto and Lontué for the 1900–1903 legislative period and was reelected for the 1903–1906 term.
During his first term, he served as First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies from 11 July 1900 to 6 March 1901. He was a member of the Education and Charity Committee and the Public Instruction Committee, and served as a replacement member of the Elections and Petitions Committee.
Covarrubias again served as First Vice President of the Chamber from 2 June 1903 to 3 June 1904 and continued as a member of the Public Instruction Committee. He died in Santiago in 1916.