{{Short description|Chilean lawyer and politician (1921–2015)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Luis Fernando Luengo | image = Luis_Fernando_Luengo.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|9|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Traiguén]], [[Chile]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|1|21|1921|9|8|df=y}} | death_place = [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]] | office = Member of the [[Senate of Chile|Senate]] | constituency = 8th Provincial Group | term_start = 15 May 1965 | term_end = 15 May 1973 | profession = Lawyer | occupation = Politician | party = {{Unbulleted list|Democratic Party of the People|[[National Democratic Party (Chile)|National Democratic Party]]|[[Social Democratic Party (Chile)|PSD]]|[[Radical Party of Chile|Radical Party]]|[[Partido Radical Socialdemócrata|PRSD]]}} | alma_mater = [[University of Chile]] | spouse = Maximina Charath Olivera | children = 3 }} '''Luis Fernando Luengo Escalona''' (8 September 1921 – 21 January 2015) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as senator for the 8th Provincial Grouping (Bío‐Bío, Malleco and Cautín) between 1965 and 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Luis_Fernando_Luengo|title=Reseña biográfica parlamentaria: Luis Fernando Luengo Escalona|website=[[Library of the National Congress of Chile]]|access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref>
==Early life== He was born in [[Traiguén]] on 8 September 1921, son of Luis Alberto Luengo López and Rosa Ester Escalona Arnechino. He studied at Universidad de Chile, where he graduated as abogado in 1947 with a thesis titled “El Problema de la Vivienda”. He married Maximina Charath Olivera, with whom he had three children.
==Political career== Luengo was active in several parties: starting in the Partido Democrático, later in Padena, the Partido Social Demócrata, the Radical Party, and finally the PRSD. In 1965 he was elected senator for the 8th Provincial Grouping (Bío‐Bío, Malleco and Cautín). He participated in the permanent commissions of Constitution, Legislation and Justice; Economy and Commerce; and Agriculture and Colonization. He also served as vice president of the Senate from 27 December 1966 until 15 May 1969.
During the military dictatorship, Luengo remained politically active through the Radical Party, being a signer of the Democratic Manifesto in 1983, leader in party reorganizations, and in 1987 founding the Radical Socialist Democratic Party (PRSD), which later merged back with the Radical Party in 1990.
==Later years and death== He died in Santiago on 21 January 2015.
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==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Luis_Fernando_Luengo BCN Profile]
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