Arturo Droguett del Fierro

Arturo Droguett del Fierro (30 December 1906 – 23 February 1977) was a Chilean physician, professor, and conservative politician. He was the son of María Josefina del Fierro Figueroa and Claudio Droguett Palma.

Biography He was educated at the Liceo Alemán in Santiago and studied medicine at the Universidad de Chile, graduating as a surgeon in 1930. He practiced at the Hospital San Vicente, worked privately, and served as an extraordinary professor of semiotics at the University of Chile's Faculty of Medicine.

He was director of the Santiago Medical Society and of the Chilean Medical Association, first president of the National Association of Catholic Students (1927), contributor to the Revista Médica, and a member of the Club de la Unión.

He married Elena Larraín Valdés.

Political Activities A militant of the Conservative Party, he ran in the complementary election to replace Deputy Juan Bautista Rossetti, who had joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1941. Droguett received 10,568 votes, finishing third behind César Godoy (PST) and Humberto Godoy (PS).

He was elected Deputy for the Santiago Metropolitan 1st District for the 1945–1949 legislative term, serving on the Permanent Committee on Labour and Social Legislation.