José Manuel Eguiguren Urrejola

José Manuel Eguiguren Urrejola (1811–1883) was a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was born in Cauquenes in 1811 and died in Santiago in 1883. He was the son of Don José Manuel de Eguiguren Uriarte and Doña María Josefa Urrejola de Lecler y Vicourt. He married María Concepción Gaete Ruiz.

José Manuel Eguiguren Urrejola
Member of Parliament, Republic of Chile
In office
1855–1861
Preceded byWaldo Silva Algüe
Succeeded byAntonio Concha
ConstituencyCuricó, Santa Cruz and Vichuquén
Personal details
Born1811
 Chile, Cauquenes, Chile
Died1883
 Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
CitizenshipChile
Political partyChilean Conservative Party
SpouseMaría Concepción Gaete Ruiz
OccupationLawyer

Education

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Urrejola attended the local school in Cauquenes and later emigrated to Santiago, where he studied law at the National Institute, graduating as a lawyer in 1843.

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Urrejola worked as a lawyer for the Municipality of Santiago from 1845. He next served as collector of Customs in Valparaiso from 1848 and then later was appointed Judge in Cauquenes from 1850.

Political career

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Urrejola was a Conservative Party activist and thus was elected Member of Parliament for Curicó and Santa Cruz in 1855. He was re-elected to the same departments in 1858. During this period he joined the Standing Committee on Constitution, Law and Justice.

In 1862 he was appointed Minister of the Court of Appeals of Santiago and then Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice in 1867. Later he retired from public life and took over the running of his family ranch.

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