Luis Carvajal Laurnaga (10 February 1887 – 21 February 1951) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who was a member of the Radical Party (PR).
He served as a minister of state during the first administration of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo between 1928 and 1930.
Early life Carvajal was born in Caldera on 10 February 1887, the youngest of four children of José Antonio Carvajal Gutiérrez and Tránsito Laurnaga Valdés.
He completed his primary and secondary education at the Instituto Nacional and subsequently studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile. His thesis was titled Comentario al título primero del Código de procedimiento penal. He was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Chile on 9 June 1909.
In 1918, Carvajal married Elvira Prieto Lemm in Santiago. She was the daughter of Enrique Prieto Zenteno and Elvira Lemm Thayer, and a granddaughter of historian and genealogist Luis Thayer Ojeda. The couple had three daughters, including María Eugenia and Teresa de Jesús.
Political career Carvajal began his career as an official of the Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE), where he held several administrative positions. By 1904, he was serving as secretary to a member of the company's governing board. He also founded the company's savings fund, serving as a board member and legal secretary until 1914.
A member of the Radical Party, Carvajal was appointed Minister of Social Welfare by President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo on 21 June 1928. He remained in office until 7 August 1930, when he was succeeded on an acting basis by Justice Minister Humberto Arce. Concurrently, from 29 January to 18 February 1930, he served as acting Minister of Development.
Carvajal was a member of the Club de la Unión. He died in Santiago on 21 February 1951, aged 64.
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