Aníbal Zúñiga

Aníbal Zúñiga (14 May 1911 – 30 October 1993) was a Chilean lawyer, military auditor and politician who served as Deputy for the 17th Departamental Group from 1953 to 1957.

Biography Aníbal Zúñiga was born in Concepción on 14 May 1911, the son of Aníbal Zúñiga and Luz Fuentealba. He married Marina Espinosa Rojas, with whom he had four children, including Aníbal and Roberto.

He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones in Concepción and later attended the Law Faculties of the University of Concepción and the University of Chile. He was sworn in as a lawyer on 7 January 1939; his thesis was titled «La soberanía ante el Derecho Internacional Público».

Zúñiga worked professionally as a lawyer and served as military auditor, secretary of the 2nd Military Prosecutor's Office of Santiago with the rank of captain, and prosecutor of Carabineros in Talca. He also served as advisor to the Caja de Empleados Municipales de la República, the Caja de Reconstrucción y Auxilio, Línea Aérea Nacional and the Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI).

He held directorships in several major companies, including RCA Víctor de Chile, Compañía Olivarera Nacional S.A., Corporación Financiera Nacional and the Hipódromo Chile. He represented Chile at the Ninth United Nations Assembly and acted as Minister Plenipotentiary at the presidential transfer of command in Bolivia in 1956.

Zúñiga died in Santiago on 30 October 1993.

Political career A member of the Agrarian Labor Party, Zúñiga was elected Deputy for the 17th Departamental Group—Concepción, Tomé, Talcahuano, Coronel and Yumbel—for the 1953–1957 legislative period. He served on the Permanent Committee on Internal Government.