Demetrio Zañartu

Demetrio Zañartu Urrutia was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies for the 15th Departamental Circumscription from 27 May 1926 (after being proclaimed elected by the Tribunal Calificador de Elecciones replacing Ricardo Troncoso) through the 1926–1930 legislative period, and was reelected for 1930–1934.

Biography He was born in Concepción, Chile, the son of Demetrio Zañartu Arrau and Nieves Urrutia Rozas. He married Virginia Errázuriz Larraín, with whom he had seven children.

Zañartu studied law and was admitted as a lawyer on 23 July 1908 with the thesis Importancia del título inscrito en prescripción and practiced professionally in Santiago, Chile. Outside the law, he engaged in agriculture, managing the hacienda San Javier in Ñuble Province.

Political career Zañartu was a member of the Liberal Party (militó en el Partido Liberal Unido). Zañartu Urrutia was elected deputy for the 15th Departamental Circumscription (San Carlos, Chillán, Bulnes y Yungay) for the 1926–1930 term. He entered Congress on 27 May 1926 after being proclaimed elected by the Tribunal Calificador de Elecciones in replacement of Ricardo Troncoso, who had died before taking office.

During the 1926–1930 period he served on the Permanent Commission of Vías y Obras Públicas as a substitute member. He was reelected deputy for the 1930–1934 term and sat on the Commission of Agriculture and Colonization until the dissolution of Congress in June 1932.