Fernando Sanhueza Herbage

Fernando Humberto Andrés Sanhueza Herbage (16 February 1929 – 12 September 2001) was a Chilean architect and politician of the Christian Democratic Party.

He served three consecutive terms as Deputy for Santiago's 1st District (1965–1973), and was President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1971–1973. His political career ended with the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.

He studied at the Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino and earned an architecture degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1955. He later taught art at the same university and worked in building materials companies.

He was politically active from early years, joining Falange Nacional in 1946 and later becoming a founding member of the Christian Democratic Party. He played leadership roles in university and youth movements and represented the party regionally and internationally.

As Deputy, he presided over the Chamber between 20 July 1971 and 29 May 1973, and again briefly in May 1973. He served on various commissions, led the Chilean delegation to a parliament in Rome in 1972, and sponsored several laws prior to the coup that truncated his service.

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