Alberto Spoerer

Alberto Spoerer
Minister of Public Health
In office
12 September 1973 – 11 July 1974
PresidentAugusto Pinochet
Preceded byMario Lagos Hernández
Succeeded byFrancisco Herrera Latoja
Personal details
Born(1926-06-20)20 June 1926
Died9 May 2015(2015-05-09) (aged 88)
SpouseMaría Angélica Grez
Children4
Parent(s)Alberto Spoerer; Carmen Covarrubias
Alma mater
ProfessionPhysician (surgeon); Political figure
Military service
Branch/serviceChilean Air Force
RankColonel

Alberto Clemente Spoerer Covarrubias (20 June 1926 – 9 May 2015), sometimes spelled Spoërer, was a Chilean physician (surgeon) and political figure who served as Minister of Public Health from 1973 to 1974 during the Pinochet regime.[1]

Early life and education

Spoerer was born in Santiago to Alberto Spoerer Cornou and Carmen Covarrubias Varas.[2] He studied at The Grange School and later attended the medical schools of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Universidad de Chile, qualifying as a surgeon in 1951.[2]

He married María Angélica Grez Matte, with whom he had four children.[2]

Professional career

Spoerer began his medical career at the Hospital del Salvador and later joined the Chilean Air Force as a medical officer, eventually attaining the rank of colonel.[2]

Following the 11 September 1973 coup, he was appointed Minister of Public Health on the next day and held the post until July 1974, when the first cabinet reshuffle of the military government took place.[3]

He was a member of the Chilean Medical Society, the Colegio Médico de Chile and the Chilean Air Club.[2]

Spoerer died in Santiago in 2015 at age 88.[4]

Notes

References

  1. ^ Luis Valencia Avaria (1986). Anales de la República. Editorial Andrés Bello.
  2. ^ a b c d e Pedro Pablo Figueroa (1953). Diccionario Biográfico de Chile. Empresa Periodística de Chile. p. 1197.
  3. ^ "Historial de ministros de Salud". Ministerio de Salud. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Obituario". El Mercurio. 12 May 2015.

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