Rogelio Ugarte

Rogelio Ugarte Bustamante (10 June 1872 – ) was a Chilean politician and journalist who served as member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Biography He was born in Santiago on 10 June 1872, son of José Santos Ugarte Serrano and Mercedes Bustamante Valdivieso. He married María Eugenia Labbé Letelier, and they had four children: María Eugenia, Yolanda, Rogelio and Carmen.

He studied at the Liceo Rafael Valentín Valdivieso.

He worked in several newspapers and, together with Juan Agustín Palazuelos, founded the newspaper La Ley, where in 1895 he served as administrator and later became manager and owner.

He was member of the Radical Party, from which he was expelled. In 1924 he joined the Radical Independent Party and stood in parliamentary elections under that affiliation; he was later reintegrated into the Radical Party. He served as member of the Radical Central Board in several periods.

He served in the Municipality of Santiago from 1900 to 1924. He was elected second mayor in 1906 and first mayor in 1907, serving for five periods.

He was decorated with the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Commander of the Order of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, and received gold medals from the municipalities of Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro. He was member of the Club de la Unión, the Liga Protectora de Estudiantes Pobres, director of the Junta de Beneficencia Escolar, and corresponding member of the Society of History and Geography of Greece.

Political career He was elected deputy for the 7th Departamental Grouping of Santiago for the 1926–1930 period. He served on the Permanent Commission of Interior Government, which he presided over in replacement of the elected president, and on the Permanent Commission of Budget and Objected Decrees, which he also presided. He was alternate member of the Permanent Commissions of War and Navy, and Roads and Public Works.

He was designated by Congress, together with other parliamentarians, to attend the Interparliamentary Congress of Commerce held in Rio de Janeiro on 5 September 1927.

He was re-elected deputy for the same 7th Departamental Grouping of Santiago for the 1930–1934 period. He was alternate member of the Permanent Commissions of Interior Government and Foreign Affairs. The revolutionary movement that broke out on 4 June 1932 decreed, on 6 June, the dissolution of Congress. He was author of the urban paving bill that later became law.

After his parliamentary service, he was again elected councilor of Santiago. Among the works carried out during his municipal activity were the opening and improvement of Matta and Vicuña Mackenna avenues; the canalization of the Mapocho River east of Plaza Italia; the transformation of Cerro Huelén; the leveling of the Alameda de las Delicias; the conservation and improvement of Parque Cousiño; the construction of Plaza Almagro; and the creation of the Universidad Popular del Trabajo.