Armando Muñoz Calero

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz Calero and the second or maternal family name is López.
Armando Muñoz Calero
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 byJesús Rivero Meneses
Succeeded byManuel Valdés Larrañaga
Personal details
Born
Armando Muñoz Calero y López

15 February 1908
Águilas, Spain
Died8 November 1978(1978-11-08) (aged 70)
Madrid, Spain
Political partyFET y de las JONS
OccupationPolitician, physician
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany
UnitBlue Division
Battles/warsWorld War II

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.[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"), 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.[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
  1. Montes Bernárdez 2015, p. 79.
  2. Corcuera 2017.
  3. Brydan 2019, p. 37.
  4. Padilla 2014.
  5. Anexo: Listado de presidentes de la Diputación Provincial de Madrid (PDF). 2015. pp. 271–375. ISBN 978-84-451-3526-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2017. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  6. Relación de elecciones en las que fue diputado. Servicios Documentales. Congreso de los Diputados.
  7. 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.
  8. BOE. 05/05/1949; (125):2059.
  9. BOE. 10/05/1955; (130):2899.
  10. BOE. 19/06/1964; (147):7961.
  11. BOE. 06/11/1967; (265):15224.
  12. "Toma de posesión del nuevo Comité de la Federación Española". ABC. 21 May 1947.
  13. "Rubiales, vigésimo cuarto presidente de la historia de la RFEF". La Vanguardia. 17 May 2018.
  14. "Ha fallecido el doctor Muñoz Calero". ABC. Madrid: 52. 9 November 978.
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