Ramón Valdivieso

Ramón Valdivieso Delaunay (23 November 1902 – 11 December 1996) was a Chilean surgeon and academic, closely aligned with the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).

He served as Minister of Public Health throughout the administration of President Eduardo Frei Montalva (1964–1970).

Biography He was born in Melipilla on 23 November 1902, the son of Ramón Valdivieso Navarrete and Ernestina Delaunay Darnaut, of French descent.

He married Lía Bustamante Ibáñez, with whom he had seven children: Carmela, Fernando, Jaime, Lía Josefina, María Alicia, Paulina, and Ramón Adolfo.

Back in Chile, he developed an extensive academic and medical career, working in several hospitals and teaching posts. He served for more than four decades at the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile, retiring in 1970.

In 1988, he co-founded the political movement Independents for Democratic Consensus.

He died in Santiago on 11 December 1996, aged 94.