Aurelio Benavente Arancibia

Aurelio Benavente Arancibia (1901 – 24 August 1968) was a Chilean lawyer and politician affiliated with the Radical Party.

He served as a Deputy for three consecutive legislative periods —the XXXVII (1933–1937), XXXVIII (1937–1941), and XXXIX (1941–1945) Legislative Periods— representing the 15th Departmental Group (Itata and San Carlos).

Early life and legal career Benavente was born in Ninhue to Pablo Benavente and Aurora Arancibia.

He studied at the Lyceum of Chillán, the Instituto Nacional Barros Arana (INBA), and later at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, where he graduated as a lawyer in 1927 with the thesis «Los hijos naturales».

He practised law in Santiago, working in the legal firms of Galvarino Gallardo Nieto and Otto Krahn, and also served as legal counsel for the Chacabuco estate of Francisco Petrinovic K. He later worked in the Secretariat of the Chamber of Deputies.

Political career Benavente was an active member of the Radical Party, serving as one of its vice-presidents.

He was elected Deputy for the 15th Departmental Group (Itata and San Carlos) for the periods:

1933–1937 (XXXVII Period) – Member of the Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Trade. 1937–1941 (XXXVIII Period) – Member of the Standing Committees on Agriculture and Colonisation. 1941–1945 (XXXIX Period) – Member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, which he presided.

He later served as councillor of the Agrarian Fund (1949–1952) and was a member of both the Club de La Unión and the Bar Association of Chile.