José Osorio Navarrete

José Luis Osorio Navarrete (21 September 1894 – 11 September 1948) was a Chilean lawyer and Radical Party politician.

Biography He was the son of José Luis Osorio and Dorila Navarrete, and married twice: first in 1921 to Clarisa Silva Pérez and later in 1942 to Marta Fredes Fredes.

He studied at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana and graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Chile in 1918, with a thesis titled La represión de la prostitución y la profilaxis de la sífilis. Professionally he served as lawyer for the Banco Español, the Caja Nacional de Ahorros, and the Caja de Crédito Agrario, and also managed the agricultural estate “Chumpiro” in Angol.

Political Activities A militant of the Radical Party, he served as secretary of the Municipality and of the Intendancy of Malleco, and as delegate to the Central Committee of the party.

He was elected Deputy for the 20th Departamental Group—Angol, Traiguén, Victoria and Collipulli—for four consecutive terms:

1933–1937, serving on the Internal Government Committee; 1937–1941, again on Internal Government; 1941–1945, joining the Committees on Internal Government and Agriculture and Colonization; 1945–1948, remaining in the same committees.

He died in office on 11 September 1948. Because the next parliamentary election was near, the seat was not filled.