Roberto Gutiérrez Prieto

Roberto Gutiérrez Prieto (26 August 1911 – 27 November 1978) was a Chilean accountant and parliamentarian who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile during two non-consecutive legislative terms.

Biography Gutiérrez Prieto was born in Santiago, Chile, on 26 August 1911. He was the son of Artemio Gutiérrez and Zoila Prieto.

He studied at the Liceo Amunátegui and later at the Instituto Superior de Comercio, qualifying as an accountant in 1929.

Between 1930 and 1931, he worked at the Chilean Internal Revenue Service. In 1931, he transferred to the Department of Architecture of the Ministry of Public Works, where he remained until 1937. He also worked at Central de Leche Chile and later served as a councillor of the Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO), the Caja de Empleados Particulares, the Caja de Empleados Municipales de la República, and the Caja de Crédito Minero.

He married Carmen Rosa Amézaga Calmette in Santiago on 22 August 1934. The couple had two children.

Gutiérrez Prieto died in Santiago on 27 November 1978.

Political career Gutiérrez Prieto was a member of the Democratic Party, serving as Vice President of its General Directorate and as director and secretary of the party’s Santiago Assembly.

He was elected Deputy for the 21st Departmental Group —Imperial, Temuco, Villarrica and Pitrufquén— for the 1937–1941 legislative period. During this term, he served on the Standing Committee on Government Affairs and as a substitute member of the Standing Committees on Constitution, Legislation and Justice, and on Labour and Social Legislation.

He was re-elected Deputy for the restructured 21st Departmental Group —Temuco, Lautaro, Imperial, Villarrica and Pitrufquén— for the 1945–1949 term. In this period, he served as a substitute member of the Standing Committees on Government Affairs, Finance, and Economy and Commerce, and as a full member of the Standing Committees on Labour and Social Legislation, and on Industries. He also served as an alternate delegate of the Chamber of Deputies to CORFO.

He was named honorary member of several cultural, social, sports and charitable institutions in the Araucanía Region.