Carlos Cuevas Fernández

Carlos Cuevas Fernández (born 27 June 1892) was a Chilean politician and physician who served as deputy of the Republic.

Biography Cuevas Fernández was born in Parral, Chile, on 27 June 1892. He was the son of Ernesto Cuevas and Zoraida Fernández.

He studied at the Instituto Nacional and later at the University of Chile Faculty of Medicine, graduating as a physician-surgeon in 1916. His medical thesis was titled Tratamiento complicaciones blenorrágicas por el filocógeno. He served as assistant to the Chair of Embryology at the School of Medicine and undertook a study trip to Europe in 1928.

He devoted himself to the practice of medicine, specializing in internal medicine. He began his professional career in Parral and Cauquenes, and in 1939 moved to Valparaíso. He served as head of the X-ray Service and head of the Internal Medicine Service at the Hospital Van Buren of Viña del Mar. He was also a physician of the Public Assistance Service, head of the Pathological Anatomy Service of the Hospital San Juan de Dios, deputy director of the Workers’ Insurance, head of the Tuberculosis Polyclinic and of the Coordinated Services for the fight against tuberculosis, and director of the Regional Center of the Broncho-pulmonary Clinic. In 1949, he was appointed head of the Fourth Hospital Zone of Valparaíso.

He married Soledad Alvarez Congosto in Valparaíso on 12 September 1931, with whom he had three children.

Political career Cuevas Fernández was a member of the Radical Party. He served as president of the Valparaíso Assembly of the party and as a member of the Neighborhood Council in the same city. He was mayor of the Municipality of Viña del Mar between 1943 and 1944.

In the parliamentary elections of 1937, he was elected Deputy for the Sixth Departmental Grouping (Valparaíso and Quillota), serving during the 1937–1941 legislative period. During his term, he was a member of the Standing Committees on Agriculture and Colonization, Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene, and Labor and Social Legislation.

Other activities He contributed scientific articles to the press. He was a member of the Medical Society, the Naval Club, the Firefighters’ Corps, and the Sporting Club of Viña del Mar, and served as president of the Club de Septiembre.