Humberto Casali Monreal

Humberto Casali Monreal (8 July 1889 – 9 January 1978) was a Chilean physician and politician.

A member of the Socialist Party, he served as a deputy representing the 6th Departmental Grouping (Valparaíso and Quillota) during the 1933–1937 legislative period.

Biography Casali was born in Santiago to Hugo Casali and María Monreal. He married twice. His first marriage was to Ofelia Carlota Rodríguez del Campo, with whom he had three children, including Manuel Humberto Casali Rodríguez and Hernán Casali Rodríguez. He later married Graciela Tillmanns, with whom he had two children, Doris Casali Tillmanns and Sergio Casali Tillmanns.

He studied at Escuelas Cristianas, the Liceo de Cauquenes, and later pursued medical studies at the University of Chile. He qualified as a physician and surgeon, specializing in internal medicine. His graduation thesis was titled Tratamiento de la dacrio-estenosis por la operación de Wets.

He practiced medicine in Valparaíso, serving as director and surgeon of the Red Cross, harbor physician, municipal health physician, and physician of the Investigations Service. He also collaborated with newspapers and scientific and literary journals and served as director of the newspaper La Verdad of San Felipe between 1920 and 1921.

Political career Casali was a member of the Socialist Party. He was elected Deputy for the 6th Departmental Grouping (Valparaíso and Quillota) for the 1933–1937 legislative period.

Beyond parliament, he was honorary physician of the 1st Fire Company of Valparaíso and a member of the Medical Society and the Medical Association. He was also the author of the poetry book Almas unidas (1906).