{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Enrique Matta | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1900|3|17}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1968|8|23|1900|3|17}} | death_place = Santiago, Chile | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 7th Departamental Grouping, Santiago | term_start = 15 May 1926 | term_end = 15 May 1930 | occupation = Lawyer | party = Liberal Party | alma_mater = University of Chile }} '''Enrique Matta Figueroa''' (17 March 1900 – 23 August 1968) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as member of the Chamber of Deputies.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Enrique_Matta_Figueroa|title=Enrique Matta Figueroa ― Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias|publisher=Library of the National Congress of Chile|accessdate=28 February 2026}}</ref>
==Biography== He was born in Santiago on 17 March 1900, son of Enrique Matta Vial and Leonor Figueroa Larraín.<ref name="BCN"/>
He married Marta Rogers Morandé, with whom he had three children. In a second marriage, he married Adelina Larraín del Campo in Santiago on 2 March 1946.<ref name="BCN"/>
He studied at the Instituto Nacional and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile. He was admitted to the bar on 8 August 1924; his thesis addressed the unconstitutionality of the law.<ref name="BCN"/>
He served as lawyer for Goodyear, United States Rubber and Siam. He was member of the board of the Caja de Crédito Agrario between 1932 and 1933; head of the Legal Department and later fiscal of the Línea Aérea Nacional de Chile (LAN); and member of the board of the Empresa Periodística ''La Nación'' in 1932. He also contributed to the press with political articles, was director of the Revista Chilena and of the Chilean Commission for Intellectual Cooperation.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was member of the Liberal Party. He was deported by President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo and resided in Ecuador between 1927 and 1928.<ref name="BCN"/>
Upon his return, he was appointed Minister of Development and Minister of Agriculture during the vice presidency of Manuel Trucco Franzani, serving from 2 September to 15 November 1931.<ref name="BCN"/>
He received the Ecuadorian decoration "Al Mérito". He was member of the Club de la Unión and of the Fifth Fire Company of Santiago, which he joined on 8 December 1916.<ref name="BCN"/>
He died in Santiago on 23 August 1968.<ref name="BCN"/>
==Political career== He was elected deputy for the 7th Departamental Grouping of Santiago for the 1926–1930 period. He served on the Permanent Commissions of Interior Government and Foreign Affairs; and as alternate member on the Permanent Commission of Labor and Social Welfare.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was author of constitutional works and studies.<ref name="BCN"/>
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==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Enrique_Matta_Figueroa BCN Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matta, Enrique}} Category:1900 births Category:1968 deaths Category:People from Santiago, Chile Category:Chilean lawyers Category:Deputies of the XXXV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Category:Liberal Party (Chile, 1849) politicians Category:University of Chile alumni