Luis Martínez Urrutia

Luis Haroldo Martínez Urrutia (1 January 1917 – 13 January 1985) was a Chilean public administrator and politician who served as Deputy for the 21st Departamental Group from 1953 to 1957.

Biography Luis Martínez Urrutia was born in Concepción on 1 January 1917, the son of Jacinto Martínez and Fermina Urrutia. He married Juana Leontina Jiménez in Santiago on 13 October 1939, with whom he had five children.

He studied at the José Abelardo Núñez Annex School and later at the Temuco High School.

Martínez worked between 1941 and 1953 for the Internal Credit Department of the State Railways Company. He was also the owner of the PLA Bookstore in Concepción.

Political career Martínez was a member of the Socialist Party. He was elected Deputy for the 21st Departamental Group—Temuco, Lautaro, Imperial, Pitrufquén and Villarrica—for the legislative term 1953–1957.

Beyond his parliamentary work, he later served as secretary-general of Salvador Allende’s presidential campaign, chief of staff at the Ministry of the Interior, and general manager of GASCO, appointed on 25 August 1972.