Miguel Angel Concha

Miguel Ángel Concha Muñoz (6 December 1898 – 5 November 1989) was a Chilean physician and politician. A member of the Radical Party, he served as deputy for the Second Departamental Grouping of northern Chile between 1933 and 1937.

Biography Concha Muñoz was born in Talca on 6 December 1898, the son of Jenaro Concha and Juana Muñoz. He married Otilia Azócar, with whom he had three children.

He completed his secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres of Talca and later studied medicine at the University of Chile, qualifying as a physician–surgeon in 1924. He initially practiced medicine in Santiago, later working for one year in the nitrate pampas and subsequently in Tocopilla.

After being transferred to Quillota, he served as maternity physician at the Hospital de Beneficencia, medical director of the Workers’ Insurance Service (Seguro Obrero), and later as director of the Hospital of Quillota. He was also honorary physician and superintendent of the local Fire Department, and collaborated with the Boy Scouts movement.

Political career A militant of the Radical Party, Concha Muñoz served as president of the Radical Provincial Board of Valparaíso and of the Radical Assembly of Quillota.

He was elected deputy for the Second Departamental Grouping (Tocopilla, El Loa, Antofagasta and Taltal) for the 1933–1937 legislative period. During his tenure in the Chamber of Deputies, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Medical and Social Assistance and Hygiene.

He died in Quillota on 5 November 1989.