Benjamín Cid

Benjamín Cid Quiroz (10 May 1906 – 30 July 1990) was a Chilean lawyer, academic, and politician. A member of the Radical Party (PR), he served as a Minister of State — in the portfolio of Public Health — during the administration of President Jorge Alessandri between 1961 and 1963.

Family and education Cid was born in the Chilean commune of Nueva Imperial on 10 May 1906, the son of Juan Cid and Betsabé Quiroz. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Liceo Miguel Luis Amunátegui in Santiago. He later pursued higher studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, graduating in 1931 and later qualifying as a lawyer in 1951 with the thesis Origins of Certain Roman Institutions.

He later became director of the newspaper La Hora and served as general manager of the Educational Facilities Construction Company (Sociedad Constructora de Establecimientos Educacionales S.A.).

Among other activities, he authored several texts related to his profession. He died in Santiago on 30 July 1990, aged 84.

Published works Origins of Certain Roman Institutions, 1931. Course on Roman Law: Property and Real Rights, 1934. Introduction to the Study of Roman Law, 1941. Roman Law, 1953. Introduction to Roman Law, 1962.