Vicente Sanfuentes Moreno
Vicente Segundo Sanfuentes Moreno (16 September 1873 – 6 April 1939) was a Chilean politician and farmer affiliated with the Liberal Democratic Party.
He served in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile between 1888 and 1906, first as substitute Deputy for La Unión and later representing Valdivia, Valdivia and La Unión, and Talca, Curepto and Lontué.
Biography
Sanfuentes was born in Santiago on 16 September 1873, the son of former deputy and senator Vicente Sanfuentes Torres and Elisa Moreno. His brother, Alberto Sanfuentes Moreno, also served as a deputy. He married Matilde de la Fuente Astaburuaga, with whom he had six children.
He studied at the Instituto Nacional. According to his parliamentary biography, he served in the Chilean Army with the rank of second lieutenant during the campaign in Peru in 1881 and 1882. From 1884, he devoted himself to agriculture, operating his Machalí estate, where he cultivated crops and raised livestock.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Sanfuentes was elected substitute Deputy for La Unión for the 1888–1891 legislative period. In 1891, he was elected Senator for Valdivia to the Constituent Congress held between 15 April and 18 August, but did not take his seat. He was also elected Deputy for Valdivia to the same Congress and joined the Chamber on 28 April 1891.
He was elected Deputy for Valdivia and La Unión for the 1894–1897 legislative period and reelected for 1897–1900. During these terms, he served on the Elections and Petitions Committee and the Ecclesiastical Affairs Committee.
Sanfuentes subsequently represented Talca, Curepto and Lontué from 1900 to 1903. He served as Second Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies from 11 July 1900 to 6 March 1901 and was a member of the Elections and Petitions Committee.
He returned as Deputy for Valdivia and La Unión for the 1903–1906 legislative period, joining the Chamber on 12 November 1903 after his credentials had been approved ten days earlier. After leaving politics in 1906, he moved with his family to Paris, where he was appointed an attaché to the Chilean legation. He remained outside Chile for 25 years.