Ramón Huidobro

Ramón Huidobro Luco was a Chilean lawyer, judge and politician who served as president of the Supreme Court in 1901.

Early life and education

Huidobro studied law at the University of Chile and was admitted to the bar on 15 July 1865.

Political and judicial career

Huidobro began his public career as an inspector at the Instituto Nacional in 1862. In 1868, he served as secretary of the Intendancy of Talca.

He subsequently pursued a career in the Chilean judiciary, serving in judicial positions in Talca, Santiago, Curicó, Rengo and Valparaíso. In 1874, he was appointed a civil judge in Valparaíso, and the following year became a criminal judge in Santiago.

Huidobro also served as a substitute deputy for Caupolicán during the 1873–1876 and 1876–1879 legislative periods and was affiliated with the Conservative Party.

On 25 February 1889, he was appointed a justice of the Court of Appeals of Santiago, later serving as its president in 1895.

Huidobro subsequently became a justice of the Supreme Court of Chile. The records of the Chilean judiciary list him as a member of the court from 1889 to 1903.

In 1901, Huidobro became president of the Supreme Court, succeeding Carlos Casanueva Ramos. He held the presidency during the government of Federico Errázuriz Echaurren and was succeeded by José Alfonso Cavada in 1902.

He retired from the Supreme Court in 1903.