Pedro Urra

Pedro Arnoldo Urra Veloso (born 10 July 1938) is a Chilean politician.

He served as Deputy for the 21st Departamental Grouping (Temuco, Lautaro, Imperial, Pitrufquén and Villarrica) for two consecutive terms from 1965 to 1973.

Biography Born in Temuco in 1938, Urra Veloso is the son of Pedro Juan Urra Acuña and Elba Rosa Veloso. He married Miriam del Carmen Álvarez Maturana in Concepción on 18 March 1966.

In the 1965 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for the 21st Departamental Grouping for the 1965–1969 term. He sat on the Permanent Commissions of Constitution, Legislation and Justice; Agriculture and Colonization; Treasury; Internal Government; and Latin American Integration. He was also a member of the Special Investigating Commission on the crisis of professional football (1967–1968), and on the university problem in 1969. Between 1966 and 1967 he was part of the Christian Democratic Parliamentary Committee.

In the 1969 parliamentary elections, he was re-elected for the 1969–1973 term. He sat on the Permanent Commission of Treasury.

In 1971, he joined the Christian Left. After 1973, he retired from active politics.