Arturo Bianchi Gundián (Santiago, 18 November 1897 – Santiago, 1946) was a Chilean architect and politician. A Socialist Party member, he served as a minister of state under President Pedro Aguirre Cerda.
His brother, Manuel,Profile at Genealogía Chilena en Red also served as a minister under Aguirre Cerda, specifically as Minister of Foreign Affairs.Schidlowsky, pp. 120–121.
Biography He was the son of Ernesto Bianchi Tupper, who served as Intendant of Colchagua and as a justice of the Santiago Court of Appeals, and Laura Gundián Sierralta.https://www.genealog.cl/Chile/B/Bianchi/
He studied architecture at the University of Chile, where he served as president of the architecture student association and vice president of the Federation of Students (FECh) in 1919.
He married Lucía Castro Montt.
Political career He joined the Socialist Order group, founded in 1931, becoming one of its principal leaders. He participated in the founding of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS) in 1933, serving on its Central Committee for several terms.Witker, Alejandro (1993). Historia documental del PSCH: Forjadores y Signos de Renovación. IELCO, Chile.
He served as Minister of Development ―the predecessor of the Minister of Public Works― in the government of Radical president Pedro Aguirre Cerda from 24 December 1938 to 28 September 1939.
In 1942, he became the first vice president of the newly established College of Architects of Chile.Official history website.
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