Arturo Dagnino Oliveri

Arturo Dagnino Oliveri (26 August 1868 – 2 August 1934) was a Chilean agronomist, landowner and politician. A member of the Radical Party, he served as Senator for Colchagua during the 1933–1937 legislative period, until his death in office in 1934.

Biography Dagnino Oliveri was born in Valparaíso to Antonio Dagnino Preve and Rita Oliveri Luna. He studied agronomy at the University of Chile and qualified as an agricultural engineer in 1893.

He devoted himself primarily to agricultural activities and owned an estate in the locality of Placilla, in the Valparaíso Region.

Political career Dagnino Oliveri militated in the Radical Party and was a member of its Central Board. He also served as subdelegate in San Bernardo on two occasions.

In the October 1932 parliamentary elections, he was elected Senator for Colchagua for the 1933–1937 legislative period. His four-year senatorial mandate resulted from the institutional disruption caused by the revolutionary movement of 4 June 1932, which led to the election of certain senators for shortened terms in order to restore staggered renewal of the Senate, despite the constitutionally established eight-year term.

During his senatorial service, he was a member of the Standing Committees on Public Education and on Agriculture, Mining, Industrial Development and Colonization, and served as a replacement member of the Standing Committee on Hygiene and Public Assistance.

He died in office on 2 August 1934. He was replaced in the Senate on 9 October 1934 by Carlos Aldunate Errázuriz.

Other activities Dagnino Oliveri was an active collaborator in numerous civic and social institutions. He served as honorary president of the Scout Brigade of San Bernardo, superintendent of the Fire Department, and vice president of the local Social Club. He was also honorary president of the Mutual Society of Retirees and the Commerce Sports Club, and an honorary member of the Red Cross of San Bernardo, the Gota de Leche, the Society for the Protection of Students, and various school breakfast and lunch centers, as well as the Alumni Center of the Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools of San Bernardo.