Ruperto Álamos
Ruperto Álamos Blanco (23 March 1877 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer, academic and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
Born in Valparaíso, he was the son of Colonel Gabriel Álamos Quiroz and Julia Blanco Jara. He studied at the Instituto Nacional before studying law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 5 August 1901. His thesis was titled Breve estudio sobre el indulto. In May 1906, he was appointed professor of Roman law at the University of Chile.
A member of the National Party, Álamos was elected deputy for Santa Cruz and Vichuquén for the 1912–1915 legislative period. In 1913, he participated in a parliamentary commission sent to Tarapacá and Antofagasta to study the needs of the northern provinces. He was reelected for the same constituency for the 1915–1918 term. During his parliamentary career, he also served as First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies.
Álamos briefly served as Minister of Justice and Public Instruction in September 1914. He later served as an associate lawyer of the Supreme Court of Chile from 1938 to 1941.