Renato Sánchez García de la Huerta
Renato Sánchez García de la Huerta (1869 – 13 January 1935) was a Chilean diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Ramón Barros Luco.
A member of the Liberal Party, Sánchez represented Temuco and Imperial in the Chamber of Deputies from 1900 to 1906. He later pursued a diplomatic career and served as Chilean minister in Belgium.
Early life
Sánchez was born in Washington, D.C., in 1869 to Mariano Sánchez Fontecilla and Tránsito García de la Huerta Pérez. He was a cousin of Roberto Sánchez García de la Huerta.
He entered the Instituto Nacional in 1878 and subsequently studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile. He received a bachelor's degree in humanities on 21 July 1884 and a bachelor's degree in law on 27 October 1896.
Sánchez married Elena Errázuriz Echenique, with whom he had children. Outside politics, he worked as a diplomat and farmer.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Party, Sánchez was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Temuco and Imperial for the 1900–1903 term. In 1901, he was identified with the Liberal Coalicionista faction.
He was reelected for Temuco and Imperial for the 1903–1906 legislative term, serving in the Chamber until 1906.
President Ramón Barros Luco appointed Sánchez Minister of Foreign Affairs on 23 January 1912. He remained in office until 20 May 1912.
Sánchez subsequently pursued a diplomatic career and was appointed Chilean minister in Belgium in 1915.
Sánchez died in Santiago on 13 January 1935.