Arturo Bianchi Gundián

Arturo Bianchi Gundián (Santiago, 18 November 1897 – Santiago, 1946) was a Chilean architect and politician. A Socialist Party member, he served as a minister of state under President Pedro Aguirre Cerda.

His brother, Manuel, also served as a minister under Aguirre Cerda, specifically as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Biography He was the son of Ernesto Bianchi Tupper, who served as Intendant of Colchagua and as a justice of the Santiago Court of Appeals, and Laura Gundián Sierralta.

He studied architecture at the University of Chile, where he served as president of the architecture student association and vice president of the Federation of Students (FECh) in 1919.

He married Lucía Castro Montt. He participated in the founding of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS) in 1933, serving on its Central Committee for several terms.

He served as Minister of Development ―the predecessor of the Minister of Public Works― in the government of Radical president Pedro Aguirre Cerda from 24 December 1938 to 28 September 1939.

In 1942, he became the first vice president of the newly established College of Architects of Chile.