Vital Sánchez
Vital Sánchez Fernández (19 March 1877 – 11 December 1941) was a Chilean politician and civil engineer who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
Born in Santiago, he studied at the Instituto Nacional and the University of Chile, where he graduated as a civil engineer. He later settled in Valparaíso, where he worked in the hydraulic works service of the port.
A member of the Radical Party, Sánchez was elected deputy for Valparaíso and Casablanca in 1912 and was reelected for a second consecutive term in 1915, serving until 1918. During his parliamentary career, he was a member of the permanent commissions of Budget and of Education and Charity.
Further reading
- Diccionario Biográfico de Chile. Empresa Periodística “Chile”, Imprenta y Litografía Universo, Santiago, 1936.
- Armando de Ramón Folch. Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivos, Legislativo y Judicial (1876–1973). Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 1999, vol. 2.