{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Fernando Ruiz Correa | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1899|2|9}} | birth_place = Longotoma, Chile | death_date = | death_place = | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 5th Departmental Grouping | term_start = 15 May 1937 | term_end = 15 May 1941 | predecessor = | successor = | party = Liberal Party | occupation = | profession = Agriculturalist | parents = Manuel Ruiz Valledor<br/>Ana Correa Sanfuentes | spouse = | children = | relatives = | footnotes = }}
'''Fernando Ruiz Correa''' (born 9 February 1899) was a Chilean politician and agriculturalist who served as deputy of the Republic.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Fernando_Ruiz_Correa |title=Fernando Ruiz Correa — BCN |website=Library of the National Congress of Chile |language=es |access-date=4 February 2026}}</ref>
== Biography == Ruiz Correa was born in Longotoma, Chile, on 9 February 1899. He was the son of Manuel Ruiz Valledor and Ana Correa Sanfuentes.<ref name="BCN"/>
He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio and later obtained a doctorate in sciences from the University of London in Great Britain.<ref name="BCN"/>
He devoted himself to agriculture, operating the ''Longotoma'' estate—covering approximately 20,000 cuadras—in Petorca, primarily dedicated to the production of lentils and wheat.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Political career == Ruiz Correa was a member of the Liberal Party.<ref name="BCN"/>
He served as a municipal councillor (regidor) of the Municipality of La Ligua between 1934 and 1937.<ref name="BCN"/>
In the parliamentary elections of 1937, he was elected Deputy for the Fifth Departmental Grouping (Petorca, San Felipe and Los Andes), serving during the 1937–1941 legislative period. During his term, he was a member of the Standing Committees on Agriculture and Colonization, Labor and Social Legislation, Industry, and Internal Police.<ref name="BCN"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Fernando_Ruiz_Correa BCN Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz Correa, Fernando}} Category:1899 births Category:Liberal Party (Chile, 1849) politicians Category:Deputies of the XXXVIII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Category:Year of death missing