Armando Muñoz Calero
Armando Muñoz Calero | |
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Muñoz Calero during World War II. | |
Member of the Cortes Españolas | |
In office 1946 – 1952; 1955 – 1958; 1964 – 1971 | |
President of the Spanish Football Federation | |
In office 1947–1950 | |
Preceded by | Jesús Rivero Meneses |
Succeeded by | Manuel Valdés Larrañaga [es] |
Personal details | |
Born | Armando Muñoz Calero y López 15 February 1908 Águilas, Spain |
Died | 8 November 1978(1978-11-08) (aged 70) Madrid, Spain |
Political party | FET y de las JONS |
Occupation | Politician, physician |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Unit | Blue Division |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Armando Muñoz Calero y López (15 February 1908 – 8 November 1978) was a Spanish physician and falangist politician. He was a member of the Cortes Españolas during the Francoist dictatorship, while he also served as president of the provincial government in Madrid and as deputy-mayor of the Madrid City Council.
Biography
Armando Muñoz Calero was born on 15 February 1908 in Águilas, Murcia.[1][2] A trained physician, he worked in Lorca for a time.
A hardline falangist who held the post of FET y de las JONS' national's inspector of health,[3][4] Muñoz Calero joined the Blue Division siding with Nazi Germany to fight the Soviet Union in the Eastern Front of World War II.[4] He served as a front-line surgeon in the division's medical corps.[3] From 15 February 1943 to 14 January 1946, he presided over the managing committee (comisión gestora) that controlled the Provincial Deputation of Madrid [es].[5] He chaired the Organización Médica Colegial from 1945 to 1946.[2]
He was a member of the Cortes Españolas from 1946 to 1952, again from 1955 to 1958 (in his capacity as National Chief of the Obra Sindical "18 de Julio" [es]), and finally from 1964 to 1971 (as a member of the National Council of the Movement).[6][7][8][9][10][11] He became the president of the Spanish Football Federation on 20 May 1947.[12] He left the later office in 1950 and was replaced by Manuel Valdés Larrañaga [es].[13]
He would go on to hold the vice-presidency of the Atlético de Madrid in the 1960s.[2] He died on 8 November 1978 in Madrid.[14]
References
- Citations
- ^ Montes Bernárdez 2015, p. 79.
- ^ a b c Corcuera 2017.
- ^ a b Brydan 2019, p. 37.
- ^ a b Padilla 2014.
- ^ Anexo: Listado de presidentes de la Diputación Provincial de Madrid (PDF). Madrid: Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid. 2015. pp. 271–375. ISBN 978-84-451-3526-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2017.
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ignored (help) - ^ Relación de elecciones en las que fue diputado. Servicios Documentales. Congreso de los Diputados.
- ^ DISPONIENDO la inclusión del Jefe de la Obra Sindical "18 de julio", don Armando Muñoz Calero, en la lista de Procuradores. BOE. 21/09/1946; (264):7104.
- ^ BOE. 05/05/1949; (125):2059.
- ^ BOE. 10/05/1955; (130):2899.
- ^ BOE. 19/06/1964; (147):7961.
- ^ BOE. 06/11/1967; (265):15224.
- ^ "Toma de posesión del nuevo Comité de la Federación Española". ABC. 21 May 1947.
- ^ "Rubiales, vigésimo cuarto presidente de la historia de la RFEF". La Vanguardia. 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Ha fallecido el doctor Muñoz Calero". ABC. Madrid: 52. 9 November 978.
- Bibliography
- Brydan, David (2019). Franco's Internationalists: Social Experts and Spain's Search for Legitimacy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-883459-5.
- Corcuera, José Ignacio (1 February 2017). "La Mutualidad de Futbolistas, obviedad que se hizo esperar". Cuadernos de Fútbol (84). ISSN 1989-6379.
- Montes Bernárdez, Ricardo (2015). "La casa regional de Murcia en Madrid 1929-1979" (PDF). Revista Cangilón (34): 75–86. ISSN 1137-7569.
- Padilla (3 July 2014). "Un seleccionador franquista i un tècnic republicà". Ara.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Luis Nieto Antúnez | President of the Provincial Deputation of Madrid (managing committee) | Succeeded by Antonio Almagro Méndez |
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by Jesús Rivero Meneses | President of the Spanish Football Federation 1947–1950 | Succeeded by Manuel Valdés Larrañaga [es] |
Non-profit organization positions | ||
Preceded by Mariano Gómez Ulla [es] | President of the Organización Médica Colegial 1945–1946 | Succeeded by Carlos González Bueno [es] |
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