Julio Montt

Julio Felipe Montt Momberg (born 27 April 1926 − 16 September 2019) was a Chilean politician who served as minister of State under Patricio Aylwin's government (1994–2000).

He completed his primary education in Osorno at the German Institute and his secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres. He completed his secondary studies at the Military School. He entered the University of Chile, where he qualified as a surgeon physician in August 1951 with the thesis Production of blocks and atrial filtration by means of acetylcholine and its experimental aspects.

He practiced as a physician at the Hospital San Borja between 1951 and 1952, at the Military Hospital between 1948 and 1952, and at the Osorno Hospital between 1952 and 1965. In addition, he practiced his profession independently in the specialty of surgery. In 1958, he received a scholarship to study for one year at the Heidelberg Surgical Clinic in West Germany. He also undertook advanced studies at the University of Barcelona and the University of Strasbourg. a native of Freirina, of Catalan descent, who worked as an official of the National Savings Bank, of German descent and the youngest of six siblings. Carlos Alberto (a biologist), and María Adriana (a teacher). with the thesis Production of blocks and atrial filtration by means of acetylcholine and its experimental aspects, and vice president. He served as president of the Organizing Committee of the Second Congress of the “Ibero-American Organization of Social Security Providers” (OIOSS), was a member of its Technical Committee, and an honorary member of the Federation of Hospitals of Mexico.

He also practiced his profession independently in the specialty of surgery. In 1958, he received a scholarship to study peripheral vascular surgery at the Heidelberg Surgical Clinic in what was then West Germany for one year. He also undertook advanced studies at the University of Barcelona and the University of Strasbourg.

He likewise worked at the Safety Mutual of the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC) between 1969 and 1976 and at the Institute for Occupational Safety (IST) between 1977 and 1982. He was a member of the board of Clínica INDISA between 1979 and 1982 and later served as medical director of the Clínica Alemana de Santiago from 1982 to 1992, and was president of the University of Chile Football Corporation (CORFUCH) between 1985 and 1986. He was also a member and president of the Lions Club. In 1992, he served as president of the “Association of Private Hospitals of Chile,” after having been an active member of that entity for several years. He was also a member of the “Latin American Federation of Hospitals,” the “International Federation of Health,” the “Chilean Society of Surgeons,” and the International College of Angiology.

His final public role related to medicine was at the Chilean Medical College, where he served as treasurer (2008–2011) and as president of its Ethics Department (2008–2014).

Political career In 1952, he joined the National Falange and in 1957 the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). In 1992, he was appointed president of the Technical Health Commission of the PDC.

In 1956, he was elected as a mayor of Osorno, serving until 1960, and was re-elected in 1963, serving until 1965.

In 1992, during the government of President Patricio Aylwin Azócar, he was appointed Minister of Health, serving from 2 November 1992 until 11 March 1994.