Overview
Diego Francisco Bulnes Correa (6 August 1886 – 27 August 1970) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and later as a senator of the Republic, representing O'Higgins and Colchagua between 1947 and 1953.
Biography
He was born in Santiago on 6 August 1886, the son of historian Gonzalo Bulnes Pinto and Carmela Correa de Saa y Sanfuentes. He was the grandson of former Chilean president Manuel Bulnes and a descendant of presidents Francisco Antonio Pinto and Aníbal Pinto. He completed his secondary education at the National Institute and studied law at the University of Chile, graduating as a lawyer in 1909. He married Blanca Sanfuentes Echazarreta in 1910, with whom he had seven children, including Manuel Bulnes Sanfuentes, Francisco Bulnes Sanfuentes and Jaime Bulnes Sanfuentes. In 1960 he married Josefina Williams Herbst; the second marriage produced no offspring.
Professional career
Between 1912 and 1915 he served as a reporting clerk at the Chilean Court of Appeals and later as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Chile. He also worked as a diplomatic counselor at Chilean embassies in Mexico and Argentina. He held senior legal and executive positions in several major companies, including the Uspallata Railways, Grace & Co., the National Petroleum Company of Chile (COPEC), the Máfil Coal Company, La Victoria Insurance Company, the Mortgage Bank of Chile, the Bank of Credit and Investments (BCI), and forestry and timber corporations. He served as president of the insurance company “La Sudamericana.”
Political career
A leading member and president of the Liberal Party, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for San Felipe, Putaendo and Los Andes for the 1921–1924 term. He served on several parliamentary committees, including Budget, Legislation and Justice, Elections, Government, and Labor. He was re-elected deputy in 1924 for Victoria, Melipilla and San Antonio, although the Congress was dissolved later that year. In 1947 he was elected senator for O'Higgins and Colchagua, replacing Diego Echenique. During his senatorial tenure (1947–1953) he served as president of the Government Committee and as a member of the Finance and Budget Committee. He was a pre-candidate for the presidency of the Republic in 1946.
Other activities
He was a member of the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities of the University of Chile, a member of the Club de la Unión and the Santiago Jockey Club, and president of the Errázuriz winery in Panquehue. He died in Santiago on 27 August 1970, at the age of 84.
External links
* BCN Bibliographic File * Genealog.cl profile