Armando Muñoz Calero Explained

Armando Muñoz Calero
Term Start:1946 – 1952; 1955 – 1958; 1964
Term End:1971
Term Start3:1947
Term End3:1950
Birth Name:Armando Muñoz Calero y López
Birth Date:15 February 1908
Birth Place:Águilas, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Politician, physician
Signature:Firma de Armando Muñoz Calero.svg
Battles: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. 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, Muñoz Calero joined the Blue Division siding with Nazi Germany to fight the Soviet Union in the Eastern Front of World War II. He served as a front-line surgeon in the division's medical corps. From 15 February 1943 to 14 January 1946, he presided over the managing committee (comisión gestora) that controlled the .[1] He chaired the Organización Médica Colegial from 1945 to 1946.

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), and finally from 1964 to 1971 (as a member of the National Council of the Movement).[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He became the president of the Spanish Football Federation on 20 May 1947.[8] He left the later office in 1950 and was replaced by .[9]

He would go on to hold the vice-presidency of the Atlético de Madrid in the 1960s.He died on 8 November 1978 in Madrid.[10]

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    1. Book: Anexo: Listado de presidentes de la Diputación Provincial de Madrid. 978-84-451-3526-6. 2015. Los Fondos Documentales de la Diputación Provincial de Madrid. Madrid. 271–375. Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid. https://web.archive.org/web/20170919022350/http://www.madrid.org/bvirtual/BVCM019322.pdf. 2017-09-19.
    2. http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/SDocum/ArchCon/SDHistoDipu/SDBuscHisDip?_piref73_1340033_73_1340032_1340032.next_page=/wc/enviarCgiBuscadorHistorico Relación de elecciones en las que fue diputado. Servicios Documentales. Congreso de los Diputados.
    3. http://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE/1946/264/A07104-07104.pdf 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.
    4. [Boletín Oficial del Estado|BOE]
    5. [Boletín Oficial del Estado|BOE]
    6. [Boletín Oficial del Estado|BOE]
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    8. ABC. Toma de posesión del nuevo Comité de la Federación Española. 21 May 1947.
    9. La Vanguardia. Rubiales, vigésimo cuarto presidente de la historia de la RFEF. 17 May 2018.
    10. ABC. Ha fallecido el doctor Muñoz Calero. 9 November 978. Madrid. 52.