Luis Zenón Urrutia
Luis Zenón Urrutia Infante (4 December 1908 – 29 January 1975) was a Chilean conservative politician who served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1941 and 1945.
Biography
Urrutia Infante was born in Concepción, Chile, on 4 December 1908. He was the son of former parliamentarian Zenón Urrutia Manzano and Avelina Infante Sanders.
He completed his secondary education at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Concepción. He later moved to Santiago, where he married Rosa Barros Pérez-Cotapos in 1939.
Political career
A member of the Conservative Party, Urrutia Infante was involved in the founding of the National Movement of the Conservative Youth of Chile. He also worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1929 and 1932.
He was elected Deputy for the 17th Departmental Group —Talcahuano, Tomé, Concepción and Yumbel— for the 1941–1945 legislative term. During his tenure, he served on the standing Committee on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.
Memberships
Urrutia Infante was a member and later vice-president (1950–1954) of the Chilean Institute of Genealogical Research. He was also a member of the Chilean Academy of History, the Círculo Portaliano, the Chilean Society of History and Geography, and the Club Concepción.