Primitivo Líbano
Primitivo Líbano Letelier (3 December 1860 – ?) was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he represented Antofagasta, Taltal and Tocopilla from 1906 to 1909, serving on the Permanent Commission of Public Works. He returned to the Chamber for the 1912–1915 period representing Antofagasta and continued as a member of the same commission.
Líbano was born in Constitución on 3 December 1860, the son of Marcelo de Líbano and Domitila Letelier. He studied first with the French Fathers and later with the Jesuits. He subsequently studied law at the University of the State, later known as the University of Chile, and qualified as a lawyer on 27 March 1883.
In 1886, he represented Constitución at the Liberal Convention held in Valparaíso that nominated José Manuel Balmaceda as its presidential candidate, and later served as a presidential elector. In 1891, he represented Osorno at the convention that nominated Claudio Vicuña.
Líbano served as secretary of the Court of Letters of Osorno in 1890 and was appointed judge of the same department in 1891. After losing his judicial position following the political events of the Chilean Civil War of 1891, he returned to Constitución, where he practiced law and taught Spanish and French at the local secondary school for six years. In 1898 and 1899, he served as a substitute judge in Vallenar and Iquique, before settling in Antofagasta to practice law.
He was an active figure in the Liberal Democratic Party in northern Chile. In Antofagasta, he served as president of the party and later as its honorary president. In 1907, he was elected secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party.