Manuel Madrid Arellano

Manuel Madrid Arellano (born 10 June 1901 – died 20 December 1976) was a Chilean politician and physician who served as deputy of the Republic.

Biography Madrid Arellano was born in Santiago, Chile, on 10 June 1901. He was the son of Francisco Madrid Agüero and Glafira Arellano.

He studied at the Luis Barros Borgoño High School and the Instituto Nacional, and later at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, graduating as a physician-surgeon in 1926. His medical thesis was titled Calcemia en los tuberculosos pulmonares. He pursued postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne University and at the Faculties of Medicine of Bordeaux and Brussels.

He began his professional career in Teno, where he organized the local hospital and served as a public health physician. He later practiced in Santiago at the Hospital San Juan de Dios, working in the service of Dr. Cruz Coke. He also served as a physician at the Hospital Salvador, head of the scientific research laboratory attached to the chair of Professor Armas Cruz, director of the Preventive Medicine Service of the Employees’ Private Insurance Fund (Caja de Empleados Particulares) in 1938, and as a teacher at the Valentín Letelier High School.

He married Olga Casas Garcés, with whom he had three children.

Political career Madrid Arellano was a member of the Social Republican Party.

He was elected deputy for the Seventh Departmental Grouping (Santiago), Third District, for the 1933–1937 legislative period. During this term, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.

He was re-elected for the same constituency for the 1937–1941 legislative period, during which he continued to serve on the Standing Committee on Medical-Social Assistance and Hygiene.

Madrid died in Santiago, Chile, on 20 December 1976.

Other activities He was a member of the Medical Society of Santiago, the League of Poor Students, and the Child Welfare Board (Patronato de la Infancia). He was also a member of the Automobile Club of Chile.