Salvador Correa Larraín

Salvador Correa Larraín (11 August 1911 – 26 July 1996) was a Chilean agricultural engineer and politician.

Family He was born in Santiago, the son of Salvador Correa Ovalle and Inés Larraín Prieto. In 1942, he married María Isabel (Mabel) Reymond Aldunate (1920–2017). They had six children: Bárbara, María Isabel, Pilar, Salvador, Blanca and Dolores. He was the grandson of José G. Correa Albano.

Professional career He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Santiago (1918–1924, 1927–1929) and attended a private school in France (1924–1926). He later completed higher studies in the Faculty of Agronomy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

He devoted himself to agriculture, managing the estates “La Laguna” and “Las Quilas” in Parral. He served as Director of the Assembly of Farmers of the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region and as treasurer of the Department of Education and the Development Corporation of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua.

Political career A member of the Conservative Party, he became president of its youth branch.

He was elected Deputy representing the 9th electoral grouping of Rancagua, Cachapoal Province, Caupolicán and San Vicente (1941–1945), serving on the Permanent Commission on Industry. Re-elected (1945–1949), he sat on the Commissions on Agriculture, Colonization, and Government and Interior.

Later, as a member of the Traditionalist Conservative Party, he returned to Congress for the same constituency (1953–1957).

In the 1957 elections, he ran as a candidate for the United Conservative Party, being elected again (1957–1961) and joining the Permanent Commission on Finance. Re-elected (1961–1965), he was a member of the Commission on Government and Interior and served as Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies (1962).

In 1966, he took part in the founding of the National Party.

He was later a member of the Tribunal Calificador de Elecciones (Electoral Qualification Tribunal) during the 1973 parliamentary elections.

Other activities He served as a reserve officer in the Chilean Army with the rank of Lieutenant. A sportsman, he was a member of the Chilean national polo team in the 1940s, as well as a skier and a civil aviator.

He directed the newspaper La Región of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua and authored the book Leyendas de Tagua Tagua (1984).

He was a member of the Club de La Unión and the National Agriculture Society.