Arturo Montecinos Rozas

Arturo Montecinos Rozas (1875 – 19 April 1934) was a Chilean lawyer and politician, member of the Radical Party. He served as Deputy during the 1920s and early 1930s and later held two ministerial portfolios under President Arturo Alessandri Palma.

Biography He was born in Osorno, Chile, in 1875, the son of Carlos Montecinos and Filomena Rozas Pérez. He studied law at the University of Chile and was admitted as a lawyer on 18 October 1901, presenting the thesis Del ministerio público: sobre la conveniencia de suprimirlo.

Montecinos practiced his profession in southern Chile and served as secretary of the Municipality of Osorno and director of Banco Osorno y La Unión in 1923.

He married Luisa Montalva Barrientos, and they had two children.

Political career A member of the Radical Party, he served as director and president of the Radical Assembly of Osorno.

He was elected Deputy for Osorno for the 1921–1924 term. He was re-elected for the 1924–1927 period, although Congress was dissolved on 11 September 1924.

In the 1925 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for the 23rd Departmental Circumscription (Osorno, Llanquihue and Carelmapu) for the 1926–1930 term, serving on several permanent committees, including Agriculture and Colonization.

He was re-elected for the 1930–1934 period and served as President of the Chamber of Deputies between 22 May 1930 and 30 November 1931. Congress was again dissolved on 6 June 1932 following the revolutionary movement of 4 June 1932.

During the second administration of President Arturo Alessandri Palma, he was appointed simultaneously Minister of Lands and Colonization and Minister of Agriculture, serving from 30 October 1933 until his death.

He died in Santiago, Chile, on 19 April 1934, while serving in office.