Ismael Undurraga
Ismael Undurraga Echazarreta (1888 – 4 March 1926) was a Chilean businessman and politician. A member of the Radical Party, he served briefly as senator and earlier as a deputy.
Biography
He was born in 1888, the son of Adrián Undurraga Vicuña and Celia Echazarreta Pereira.
He studied at the San Pedro Nolasco School and later devoted himself to agricultural business, commerce and the creation of joint-stock companies, several of which he served as director.
Political career
Undurraga joined the Radical Party in 1918, marking the beginning of his political career.
He was elected deputy for San Felipe, Los Andes and Putaendo for the 1924–1927 legislative period. During this term he served on the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Worship. In July 1924 he introduced a bill intended to provide assistance to the families of primary school teachers who had recently died; the proposal was based on cooperative principles and received broad support.
The National Congress was dissolved on 11 September 1924 by decree of the governing military junta.
He later returned to Congress after being elected senator for the 3rd Provincial Grouping for the 1926–1934 period. However, he died of a heart attack on 4 March 1926 in the National Congress building in Santiago during the opening session of the Senate.
On 10 May 1926 the Electoral Tribunal declared Aurelio Cruzat Ortega elected to replace him in the Senate.
Bibliography
- Luis Valencia Avaria (1951). Anales de la República: textos constitucionales de Chile y registro de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo desde 1810. Tomo II. Imprenta Universitaria, Santiago.