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Alejandro Rosselot
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 May 1906 – 11 September 1924
Constituency	Linares, Parral and Loncomilla
Personal details
Born	(1860-11-09)9 November 1860 Santiago, Chile
Died	September 1927
Party	Radical Party
Spouse	Emilia Sanhueza Sanders
Children	7
Profession	Farmer, businessman

José Alejandro Rosselot Frías (9 November 1860 – September 1927) was a Chilean politician, farmer and businessman who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile from 1906 to 1924.

Rosselot was president of the Chamber of Deputies in 1918. He also served as Minister of War and Navy under President Ramón Barros Luco.

After withdrawing from politics in 1924, Rosselot moved to the United States and Europe. During these trips, he studied industrial processes involving flax, cellulose, ceramics and beet sugar production. After returning to Chile, he promoted the cultivation of sugar beet and the development of a domestic beet sugar industry.

Rosselot was a member and director of the National Agricultural Society and also belonged to the Society for Manufacturing Development (SOFOFA).

Early life

Rosselot was born in Santiago on 9 November 1860, the son of Pedro Pablo Rosselot Atienzo and Antonia Frías Urrutia. He studied humanities at the Instituto Nacional, but left his studies to join the Chilean Army during the War of the Pacific.

As an officer in the Concepción Battalion, Rosselot participated in the battles of Chorrillos and Miraflores. He also took part in military expeditions to Trujillo, Cajamarca and Chiclayo and was stationed at Eten and Salaverry.

After the war, Rosselot devoted himself to agriculture and commerce, managing agricultural interests in southern Chile. He owned the San Ramón estate near Copihue and the Nelhuide estate in the Valdivia area. He married Emilia Sanhueza Sanders, with whom he had seven children.

Political career

Rosselot was a member of the Radical Party and served on its executive committee. He later became vice president of the party in 1918 and president in 1919.

He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Linares, Parral and Loncomilla for the 1906–1909 term, serving on the permanent elections committee. He was reelected for the same constituency for the 1909–1912 period and served on the permanent industry committee. From 18 to 22 January 1912, he was first vice president of the Chamber.

In 1912, Rosselot was elected for Parral and Loncomilla for the 1912–1915 term and served on the permanent committee for industry and agriculture. He retained the constituency in the 1915 election and continued his work on the same committee.

Rosselot was again reelected for Parral and Loncomilla for the 1918–1921 term. On 15 May 1918, he became acting president of the Chamber of Deputies and remained in that capacity until 3 June, when he was elected president of the Chamber. He held the presidency until 23 October 1918.

He won another term in 1921, representing Parral and Loncomilla until 1924 and serving on the permanent committees for finance and for industry and agriculture. In December 1923, Rosselot introduced legislation intended to grant surviving veterans of the War of the Pacific lifetime pensions equivalent to their full salaries. The measure became law on 5 June 1924.

Rosselot was reelected for Parral and Loncomilla for the 1924–1927 legislative period and again joined the finance and industry and agriculture committees. His final parliamentary term ended prematurely when Congress was dissolved by the Government Junta on 11 September 1924.

Alongside his parliamentary career, Rosselot served in the cabinet of President Ramón Barros Luco. He was appointed Minister of War and Navy on 23 January 1912 and remained in office until 20 May 1912. During several days in March, he was temporarily replaced by Public Works and Railways Minister Abraham Ovalle.