A member of the Republican Party of Chile since 2019,he served as a Deputy for the 18th electoral district of the Maule Region from 2018 to 2022,and previously represented the former 40th electoral district of the same region for four consecutive terms (2002–2018).
A supporter of Augusto Pinochet,[2][3] he campaigned and voted against the legalization of same-sex marriage in the National Congress of Chile,calling it "a light show or cover to distract from the situations being lived through in Chile today."[4]
Biography
Urrutia was born in Santiago,Chile,on 16 September 1957. He is the son of Ignacio Urrutia del Río and Rebeca Bonilla,the grandson of Ignacio Urrutia de la Sotta,and the great-grandson of Ignacio Urrutia Manzano.[1]
He is married to Carmen Guzmán Hernández,and they have three children:Ignacio,Josefina,and JoséTomás.[1] He completed his secondary education at the Sagrados Corazones school (Padres Franceses de Alameda) in Santiago.[1]
Professionally,Urrutia has worked primarily in agriculture and livestock brokerage. He has also served for several terms as president of agricultural associations in his local area.[1]
Political career
Urrutia began his political career in 1987 as a member of National Renewal (RN),motivated by his friendship with former senator Sergio Onofre Jarpa. Between 1993 and 1997,he served as the party’s regional president,resigning from RN in 1997.[1]
In December 2001,he was elected as a Deputy for the 40th electoral district of the Maule Region—covering the communes of Cauquenes,Chanco,Longaví,Parral,Pelluhue,and Retiro—as an independent candidate within the Alliance for Chile coalition.[1]
After taking office in 2002,he formally joined the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). He was subsequently re-elected as Deputy for the same district in the parliamentary elections of 2005,2009,and 2013.[1]
In the 2017 parliamentary elections,Urrutia won a fifth term in the Chamber of Deputies,this time representing the newly created 18th electoral district of the Maule Region as a member of the UDI within the Chile Vamos coalition.[1]
In December 2018,he resigned from the UDI in order to support the presidential candidacy of JoséAntonio Kast.[1] Since 2019,he has been a member of the Republican Party (REP),initially serving as vice president of the party.[1]
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