Pedro Letelier

Pedro Letelier Elgart (2 February 1889 – 6 August 1945) was a Chilean politician and agriculturist who served as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies for the 10th Departamental Circumscription during the 1926–1930 legislative period.

Biography He was born on 2 February 1889 in Santiago, Chile to Gabriel Letelier Silva and Esther Elgart Leal. He married Blanca Hoyl Gutiérrez and they had three children. He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones in Santiago and later attended the School of Medicine of the University of Chile. He engaged in agricultural activities and managed the estates Prosperidad and Lo Videla in Talca.

He was director of the International Telephone and Radio, director of the Sociedad de Estudiantes Chilenos en el Extranjero, and represented Chile at the Seventh Latin American Medical Congress held in Mexico. He was also a director and member of the Club de la Unión.

Political career A member of the Liberal Party, he served as president of the Centro Liberal of Santiago between 1919 and 1920 and later as director of his political party in 1936.

He was elected deputy for the 10th Departamental Circumscription (Caupolicán, San Vicente and San Fernando) for the 1926–1930 period. He served as second vice-president of the Chamber from 29 November 1926 to 22 May 1928 and as first vice-president from 22 May 1928 to 4 November 1929, and was a member of the Permanent Commission of Finance. In 1929 he was appointed Ambassador of Chile to Mexico, serving until 1931.