Enrique Curti

Enrique Curti Cannobio (21 May 1899 – 14 September 1992) was a Chilean civil engineer and conservative politician.

He served as Deputy for the 17th Departmental District (Tomé, Concepción, Talcahuano, Yumbel, and Coronel) between 1945 and 1953, and later as Senator for the 7th Provincial District (Ñuble, Concepción, and Arauco) between 1953 and 1969.

Biography He was the son of Aquiles Curti Reyes and Mariana Cannobio. He married Martha Venegas Venegas. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones, and then pursued engineering studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, graduating as a civil engineer in 1921. He worked on various public works projects in the province of Concepción.

A member of the Conservative Party, he was elected Deputy in 1945 for the 17th Departmental District. During his time in the Chamber of Deputies, he was part of the Committees on Internal Government, Treasury, and Public Works. He was reelected in 1949.

In 1953, he was elected Senator for the 7th Provincial District, representing the Traditionalist Conservative Party. He served on several commissions, including Internal Government; Mining; Joint Budget; Agriculture and Colonization; Economy and Trade (which he chaired); Labor and Social Security; National Defense; and Public Works. He was reelected in 1961, by then as a member of the United Conservative Party. Toward the end of his parliamentary career, he joined the National Party.

In 2002, his family donated to the Senate of Chile the painting Battle between the frigate Lautaro and the old Esmeralda by Chilean painter Álvaro Casanova Zenteno. The artwork was placed in the former National Congress building in Santiago.