Aurelio Benavente
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Aurelio Benavente | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1933 – 15 May 1945 | |
| Constituency | 15th Departmental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1901 Ninhue, Chile |
| Died | 24 August 1968 (aged 67) Santiago, Chile |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Alma mater | University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Aurelio Benavente Arancibia (1901 – 24 August 1968) was a Chilean lawyer and politician affiliated with the Radical Party.[1]
He served as a Deputy for three consecutive legislative periods —the XXXVII (1933–1937), XXXVIII (1937–1941), and XXXIX (1941–1945) Legislative Periods— representing the 15th Departmental Group (Itata and San Carlos).[1]
Benavente was born in Ninhue to Pablo Benavente and Aurora Arancibia.
He studied at the Lyceum of Chillán, the Instituto Nacional Barros Arana (INBA), and later at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, where he graduated as a lawyer in 1927 with the thesis «Los hijos naturales».[1]
He practised law in Santiago, working in the legal firms of Galvarino Gallardo Nieto and Otto Krahn, and also served as legal counsel for the Chacabuco estate of Francisco Petrinovic K. He later worked in the Secretariat of the Chamber of Deputies.[1]