{{Short description|Chilean politician (1888–1957)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Roberto Barros | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1899|4|19}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1957|12|10|1899|4|19}} | death_place = Santiago, Chile | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 1st Metropolitan District (Santiago) | term_start = 15 May 1937 | term_end = 15 May 1953 | occupation = Lawyer, politician, landowner | party = National Party (1920–1931); Liberal Party (1931–1957) | spouse = Berta Villegas Duncan | children = }} '''Roberto Barros Torres''' (19 April 1899 – 10 December 1957) was a Chilean lawyer, landowner, and Liberal Party politician who served as Deputy for the 1st Metropolitan District (Santiago) during the 1937–1953 legislative period.<ref name="BCN">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Roberto_Barros_Torres|title=Roberto Barros Torres – Reseña biográfica|website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile|access-date=30 November 2025}}</ref>
== Biography == Barros Torres was born in Santiago on 19 April 1899, the son of Nicanor Barros Sierra and Mercedes Torres Arriagada.<ref name="BCN"/>
He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio and later at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile. He worked at the Tribunal de Cuentas (1906–1915) and subsequently served as Director of Parks, Gardens and Subsistences of the Municipality of Santiago (1915–1931).<ref name="BCN"/>
After leaving public administration, he became involved in agricultural activities, managing the estate “Los Peumos” in El Canelo.<ref name="BCN"/>
He married Berta Villegas Duncan.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Political career == Originally a member of the National (Montt-Varista) Party, he served as provincial metropolitan assembly president until the party merged into the Liberal Party in 1931. Within the Liberal Party he became a member of the national board, presided over the 1931 Unionist Convention, and was associated with the Manchesterian faction.<ref name="BCN"/>
He was elected Deputy for the 1st Metropolitan District (Santiago) for the 1937–1941 legislative period, serving on the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations.<ref name="BCN"/>
Reelected for the 1941–1945 legislative term, he joined the Committee on Agriculture and Colonization. He obtained a third term for 1945–1949, participating in the Standing Committee on Interior Government.<ref name="BCN"/>
His final term (1949–1953) saw him serve on the Standing Committee on Roads and Public Works.<ref name="BCN"/>
He also represented Chile at congresses in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, and represented the Municipality of Santiago at the celebrations of Brazil’s Centenary in Rio de Janeiro.<ref name="BCN"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{Cite book|last=Urzúa Valenzuela|first=Germán|title=Historia Política de Chile y su Evolución Electoral desde 1810 a 1992|publisher=Editorial Jurídica de Chile|location=Santiago, Chile|edition=3rd|year=1992}} * {{Cite book|last=Castillo Infante|first=Fernando|title=Diccionario Histórico y Biográfico de Chile|publisher=Editorial Zig-Zag|location=Santiago, Chile|edition=6th|year=1996}} * {{Cite book|last=De Ramón|first=Armando|title=Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivos, Legislativo y Judicial|publisher=Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile|location=Santiago, Chile|edition=2nd|year=1999}}
== External links == * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Roberto_Barros_Torres BCN Profile]
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