Luis Papic Ramos

Luis Papic Ramos (23 May 1919 – 18 September 1990) was a Chilean accountant and politician of Croatian descent, member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as deputy between 1961 and 1969, and as senator between 1969 and 1973.

Early life He was born in Huara on 23 May 1919, the son of Juan Papic Bacvvic and Delfina Ramos Jirón. He studied at private schools, obtaining a technical degree in accounting. In 1946 he married Guillermina del Carmen Domínguez Jaramillo.

He worked in various companies and institutions: the Agua Mineral Termas de Chuzmiza bottling plant (1935), the postal and telegraph services in the nitrate offices Aguada and Santa Rosa (1936–1937), the Fisheries Development Institute of Tarapacá (1938), the María Elena nitrate office (1939–1940), Humberstone (1942), the Caja de Seguro Obligatorio of Valdivia (1942–1945), and the Linos company in La Unión (1946).

With his brother Humberto he founded a wood and leather industry in Río Bueno in 1950, expanding their business to Bolivia and Argentina with successful trade connections in Pulacayo, Mina Pirquitas and Jujuy.

Political career Papic joined the Falange Nacional in 1940, and later the Christian Democratic Party in 1957.

He was elected councillor of Río Bueno (1956–1960). He ran unsuccessfully for deputy in 1957 for Llanquihue, Aysén and Puerto Varas.

In 1961 he was elected deputy for Valdivia, Río Bueno and La Unión, serving until 1965. He was a member of the permanent commissions on Economy and Trade, Agriculture, Finance, and Public Works. In 1964 he was part of the Chilean delegation to the founding of the Latin American Parliament in Lima, Peru.

Reelected deputy for the same constituency (1965–1969), he served on the commissions of Internal Government, Public Health, Defense, Physical Education and Sports, and Foreign Affairs. He was vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies between 25 May 1965 and 29 March 1966.

In 1969 he was elected senator for Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue, serving until the 1973 coup d’état. In the Senate he participated in the commissions of Finance, Economy and Trade, National Defense, Public Works and Internal Police.

Death Luis Papic Ramos died in Santiago on 18 September 1990.