Hernán Correa Roberts
Hernán Correa Roberts (12 September 1882 – 8 June 1946) was a Chilean politician who served as a minister.
He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, representing Rancagua, Cachapoal and Maipo for three consecutive terms between 1918 and 1924. He also briefly served as Minister of War and Navy during the first presidency of Arturo Alessandri, from August to December 1922.
Early life
He was born in Santiago on 12 September 1882, the son of José Gregorio Correa Toro and Elena Roberts Valdés.
He received his primary education at the Conciliar Seminary of Santiago and attended St. Ignatius College, where he completed his secondary education. He subsequently studied law at the University of Chile and qualified as a lawyer on 14 March 1911. His thesis was entitled Reforma de la ley de alcoholes ("Reform of the Alcohol Law").
He married Lucía Guzmán Duval, with whom he had seven children. Their daughter María Luisa was the mother of Hernán Felipe Errázuriz, who later served as a cabinet minister under Augusto Pinochet.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Party, he was active in local party organizations and served as a presidential elector for Rancagua in 1915. In 1925, he became vice president of the Liberal Aliancista Party. Outside politics, he was involved in agricultural activities in Rancagua.
In the 1918 parliamentary election, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Rancagua, Cachapoal and Maipo as a candidate of the Liberal Alliance, serving for the 1918–1921 term. He was a member and president of the Permanent Commission on Industry and Agriculture.
He was reelected for the same constituency for the 1921–1924 term. He served as vice president of the Chamber of Deputies from 19 June 1921 to 29 April 1924. During this term, he served on the Permanent Commissions on Internal Police and Style Correction and as a substitute member of the commissions on the Budget and on War and the Navy.
President Arturo Alessandri appointed him Minister of War and Navy on 29 August 1922. He remained in office until 21 December of that year.
He was elected to a third consecutive term for Rancagua, Cachapoal and Maipo in 1924 and took his seat on 20 June. He was subsequently appointed to a subcommittee considering aspects of the proposed constitutional reform. His parliamentary term was cut short when the National Congress was dissolved by the Government Junta following the September 1924 coup.
In 1926, during the presidency of Emiliano Figueroa, he was appointed a councillor of the Central Bank of Chile. The bank subsequently appointed him to the organizing commission of the Caja de Colonización. He remained a Central Bank councillor for three years before withdrawing from political life.
He died in Graneros on 8 June 1946, aged 63.