Alfonso Urrejola

Alfonso Urrejola Arrau (4 December 1908 – 7 September 1996) was a Chilean lawyer, academic and parliamentarian.

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the XLVI Legislative Period (1949–1953), representing the 17th Departmental Group of Concepción, Talcahuano, Tomé, Yumbel and Coronel.

Biography Urrejola Arrau was born in Santiago on 4 December 1908, the son of Alfonso Urrejola Mulgrew and Eduvigis Arrau Martínez.

He married Carmen del Río Martínez on 24 July 1938; the couple had three children.

Education and academic career He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones in Concepción and later at the Faculty of Law of the University of Concepción, qualifying as a lawyer in 1934. His undergraduate thesis was titled Del abordaje marítimo.

After qualifying, he practiced law and served as a professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Concepción, teaching History of Law and Public Law Seminar courses. He also collaborated as a columnist for the newspaper La Patria of Concepción.

Political career Urrejola Arrau joined the Conservative Party in 1924, later becoming president of the party in Concepción and a member of its General Board. In 1949, he joined the Social Christian Party, and subsequently the Christian Democratic Party in 1957.

He was elected regidor of the Municipality of Concepción for the periods 1941–1944 and 1944–1945, and again in 1971. He served as mayor between 1972 and 1975.

He was appointed Intendant of the province of Concepción, serving from 4 November 1964 until his resignation on 30 October 1970.

Elected Deputy for the 17th Departmental Group for the 1949–1953 parliamentary term, he served on the Standing Committee on Public Education, and as a replacement member of the Standing Committees on Constitution, Legislation and Justice, and Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.

Death Alfonso Urrejola Arrau died in Santiago on 7 September 1996.