Enrique Arriagada

Enrique Arriagada (1904 – ?) was a Chilean politician who served as a minister of President Juan Antonio Ríos.

Family and education

He was born in the Chilean city of Temuco on 1 February 1904, the son of Vicente Arriagada and Mercedes Saldías.

He completed his secondary education at the Instituto Nacional and pursued higher education at the Instituto Pedagógico and the School of Law of the University of Chile. He was admitted to the bar in 1922 and obtained a qualification as a state-certified teacher of Spanish in 1924.

He married Gullermina Kehl, with whom he had one son, Franklin Enrique.

Political career

A member of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1938, he joined Marmaduke Grove when the latter split from the party and founded the Authentic Socialist Party (PSA).

During the administration of Radical president Juan Antonio Ríos, he was appointed Minister of Lands and Colonization, serving from 21 October 1942 to 4 February 1943. Concurrently, from 21 October to 19 December 1942, he served as acting Minister of Public Works and Communications.

He returned to the cabinet on 14 May 1945, when he was appointed Minister of Justice, a position he held until 30 January 1946. He subsequently served as a councillor of the Institute of Industrial Credit and as president and later vice-president of the commission for the reform of the Penal Code.

He later participated in philosophical congresses and centres in Chile, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Montevideo.