Humberto Arellano

Humberto Arellano
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 May 1933 – 15 May 1941
Constituency1st Departmental Grouping
Personal details
Born(1905-10-29)29 October 1905
Died2 February 1989(1989-02-02) (aged 83)
PartyLiberal Party
SpouseClaudina Rojas Rozas
ChildrenFive
Parent(s)Seledonio Arellano Gallegos
Matilde Figueroa Figueroa
ProfessionAccountant

Humberto Arellano Figueroa (born 29 October 1905 – died 2 February 1989) was a Chilean politician and deputy of the Republic.[1]

Biography

Arellano Figueroa was born in Tacna—then a Chilean city—on 29 October 1905. He was the son of Seledonio Arellano Gallegos and Matilde Figueroa Figueroa.[1]

He studied at the Instituto Comercial de Arica, where he qualified as an accountant.[1]

He worked as head of personnel at the Ferrocarriles del Estado. He later operated a consulting office together with former deputy Bernardino Guerra Cofré. He served for ten years as president of the Institute for Social Security Standardization of Retirees of the State Railways Company.[1]

He married Claudina Zoila Rojas Rozas in Arica on 21 March 1925, and they had five children.[1]

Political career

Arellano Figueroa was a member of the Liberal Party.[1]

In the parliamentary elections of 1933, he was elected Deputy for the First Departmental Grouping (Arica, Pisagua and Iquique), serving during the 1933–1937 legislative period. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization.[1]

He was re-elected for the same constituency for the 1937–1941 term. During this period, he served as substitute member of the Standing Committees on Internal Government and on Agriculture and Colonization, and was a member of the Standing Committee on Roads and Public Works.[1]

Arellano died on 2 February 1989.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Humberto Arellano Figueroa — BCN". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2026.