Gerardo López Urbina

Gerardo López Urbina was a Chilean shoemaker, technical instructor and socialist politician who served as a deputy of the Republic during the late 1930s.

Biography López Urbina was born in Los Andes, the eldest of seven children of José María López Latapiat and Amelia Urbina Román. He married but had no children.

By trade, he was a shoemaker. After retiring from political life, he returned to his profession and also worked as an instructor, teaching shoemaking at the School of Arts and Crafts.

Political career He participated in the founding of the Socialist Party of Chile in 1933.

In a by-election, he was elected deputy to replace Carlos Alberto Martínez Martínez, who had accepted a ministerial appointment. López Urbina assumed office on 1 March 1939 as deputy for the 7th Departmental Grouping (Santiago, First District), serving until the end of the 1937–1941 legislative period.

During his parliamentary service, he acted as a substitute member of the Standing Committees on Government Interior, Labor and Social Legislation, and Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene. He also served as acting chair of the Standing Committee on Industries.

Death He died in Los Andes.