Alejandro Errázuriz Mackenna (15 October 1888 – ?) was a Chilean politician who served as a minister.
He served as secretary-general of the Chamber of Deputies for twenty-two consecutive years, from 1919 to 1941.
Errázuriz also served as a minister of state, holding the portfolios of Lands and Colonization and Development during the second administration of President Arturo Alessandri.
Biography He was born in Santiago, Chile, on 15 October 1888, the son of Rodolfo Errázuriz and Elena Mackenna Serrano.
He studied law at the University of Chile, graduating as a lawyer in 1912. He practised law and was also involved in agriculture, owning the "Apalta" estate in Rosario. A horse racing enthusiast, he served as general manager of the Club Hípico de Santiago from 1943 to 1948.
He was married to Dolores Covarrubias Valdés, daughter of former deputy Manuel Covarrubias Ortúzar. The couple had six children: María de la Luz (who married Sergio Ossa); José Alejandro (who married María Paz Covarrubias Zegers, daughter of Carlos Alberto Covarrubias Pardo, a civil engineer and member of the Republican Militia, and Manuela Zegers Baeza, herself a daughter of Julio Zegers García-Huidobro); Jaime; Manuel; Dolores; and Olga.
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