Arturo Lavín

Arturo Manuel Lavín Urrutia (12 June 1881 – 25 January 1974) was a Chilean politician, agriculturalist and former army officer. He served as a deputy representing the Thirteenth Departamental Circumscription of Constitución, Chanco, Cauquenes and Itata during the 1930–1934 legislative period.

Early life and personal life Lavín was born in Cauquenes, Chile, on 12 June 1881, the son of José Lavín and Claudina Urrutia Flores.

He married Lily Gallego Pinó in Tacna in 1903, and the couple had five children. After becoming widowed, he remarried in Santiago in 1953 to Hortensia Corona.

He studied at the Liceo of Cauquenes and later at the Instituto Nacional.

Between 1900 and 1904 he served in the Chilean Army, retiring with the rank of first lieutenant of infantry.

Political career Lavín worked as an employee of the Internal Revenue Service in Imperial and Chillán between 1927 and 1929, eventually serving as administrator of the Temuco zone.

From 1930 onward he devoted himself to agricultural activities, becoming owner of the estates Roma and Santa Dolores in the Cauquenes area. The former he inherited, while the latter he managed in partnership with Ulises Correa.

He was a member of the Liberal Party and served on the party's directorate.

He was elected deputy for the Thirteenth Departamental Circumscription of Constitución, Chanco, Cauquenes and Itata for the 1930–1934 legislative period. During his tenure he served on the Permanent Commission on Budgets and Objected Decrees and on the Interior Police Commission, and was a member of the Liberal Parliamentary Committee.

The 1932 Chilean coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June 1932.

Later activities From 1940 he served as councillor of the Corporación de Reconstrucción y Auxilio in Santiago and was president of the Association of Winegrowers in 1940. He also organized and became the first president of the Cauquenes Wine Cooperative.

Lavín served as director of the newspaper La Nación and had previously been administrator of the Lazaretto and Cemetery of Tacna.

He was a member and president of the Club Social de Cauquenes, a member and president of the Rotary Club, and a member of the Club de la Unión in Santiago.

He died in Santiago, Chile, on 25 January 1974, and his remains were buried in the city of Cauquenes.