Luis Martínez Urrutia

Luis Martínez Urrutia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1953 – 15 May 1957
Constituency21st Departamental Group
Personal details
Born(1917-01-01)1 January 1917
Died13 January 1985(1985-01-13) (aged 68)
Santiago, Chile
PartySocialist Party
SpouseJuana Leontina Jiménez
Children5
OccupationPublic employee; bookseller; politician

Luis Haroldo Martínez Urrutia (1 January 1917 – 13 January 1985) was a Chilean public administrator and politician who served as Deputy for the 21st Departamental Group from 1953 to 1957.[1]

Biography

Luis Martínez Urrutia was born in Concepción on 1 January 1917, the son of Jacinto Martínez and Fermina Urrutia.[1] He married Juana Leontina Jiménez in Santiago on 13 October 1939, with whom he had five children.[1]

He studied at the José Abelardo Núñez Annex School and later at the Temuco High School.[1]

Martínez worked between 1941 and 1953 for the Internal Credit Department of the State Railways Company. He was also the owner of the PLA Bookstore in Concepción.[1]

Political career

Martínez was a member of the Socialist Party.[1] He was elected Deputy for the 21st Departamental Group—Temuco, Lautaro, Imperial, Pitrufquén and Villarrica—for the legislative term 1953–1957.[1]

Beyond his parliamentary work, he later served as secretary-general of Salvador Allende’s presidential campaign, chief of staff at the Ministry of the Interior, and general manager of GASCO, appointed on 25 August 1972.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h ""Luis Martínez Urrutia – Reseña biográfica parlamentaria"". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (BCN). Retrieved 25 November 2025.