Luis Cruz Almeida

Luis Cruz Almeida (c. 1885 – June 1942) was a Chilean lawyer, journalist and politician. He was a member of the Confederation of Civic Action Republican Parties (CRAC) and served as a deputy for the Sixth Departamental Grouping (Valparaíso, Quillota, Limache and Casablanca) during the 1930–1934 legislative period.

Biography Cruz Almeida was born around 1885, the son of Eduardo Cruz Concha and Mercedes Almeida.

He studied at the Liceo of Valparaíso and later law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 18 August 1911 with a thesis titled Artículo 3º del Código de Comercio.

Although he initially practiced law, Cruz Almeida devoted most of his professional life to journalism. From 1905 he worked for the newspaper La Unión of Valparaíso, eventually becoming its director.

In August 1927 and again in 1936 he was appointed director of the newspaper La Nación of Santiago.

He was also a co-founder of the Press Circle of Valparaíso (Círculo de la Prensa de Valparaíso), an organization that emerged from the Federation of Students of the port city on 16 November 1923.

In 1928 he served as secretary of the commission tasked with reviewing the Chilean legal codification and proposing reforms in line with contemporary jurisprudence. In April 1933 he founded the magazine Precios.

Political career Cruz Almeida was a member of the Confederation of Civic Action Republican Parties (CRAC).

In the 1930 parliamentary elections he was elected deputy for the Sixth Departamental Grouping (Valparaíso, Quillota, Limache and Casablanca) for the 1930–1934 legislative period.

During his time in Congress he served on the Permanent Commission on Legislation and Justice.

The 1932 Chilean coup d'état led to the dissolution of the National Congress on 6 June of that year.

He died in Santiago in June 1942.