Daniel Feliú
Daniel Feliú Manterola (1844 – 6 July 1923) was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, as a member of the Senate for Concepción, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Worship and Colonization under President Juan Luis Sanfuentes.
Feliú was also active in journalism and intellectual circles. In Valparaíso, he delivered lectures on political and philosophical subjects and became an editor of the Radical newspaper El Deber in 1875, to which he later continued to contribute. He also published several pamphlets dealing with philosophical questions.
Biography
He was born in Valparaíso in 1844 to former substitute deputy José Manuel Olaguer Feliú y Rogells and María del Carmen Manterola Ojeda.
He attended the Instituto Nacional before studying law at the University of Chile. His thesis dealt with the jurisdiction of civil courts, and he qualified as a lawyer on 8 January 1870. Later, Daniel Feliú married Emilia Hurtado Barros, with whom he had eight children.
He later combined legal practice with academic work. In 1878, he was appointed substitute professor of civil law at the University of Chile. Feliú practised law in Iquique between 1884 and 1889 before establishing himself professionally in Santiago.
He died in Santiago on 6 July 1923.
Political career
Feliú was a member of the Radical Party and participated in its governing bodies. His parliamentary career began when he was elected substitute deputy for Vallenar for the 1876–1879 term; he formally joined the Chamber on 23 October 1877.
After a lengthy interval outside Congress, he was elected deputy for La Serena, Coquimbo and Elqui for the 1894–1897 term. He retained the constituency in the elections of 1897 and 1900, remaining in the Chamber of Deputies until 1903. Across these terms, his committee assignments included government, foreign relations, and legislation and justice. He also sat on the Conservative Commission during the 1902–1903 congressional recess.
In 1915, Feliú was elected to the Senate for Concepción for the 1915–1921 term. His committee work included war and navy and public instruction, while he served as a substitute member of the government and elections and budget committees. He was also a member of the Conservative Commission during three consecutive congressional recesses between 1915 and 1918.
Feliú served as vice president of the Senate from 14 October 1918 to 13 October 1919. In 1920, he sponsored legislation proposing an amnesty for military personnel involved in the conspiratorial events of the previous year.
Minister and diplomatic
During the presidency of Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Feliú was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Worship and Colonization on 22 April 1918. He remained in office until 6 September of that year.
Earlier in his public career, during the presidency of Aníbal Pinto, Feliú was appointed Chilean ambassador to Brazil.