Armando Muñoz Calero

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 [es]
Personal details
BornArmando Muñoz Calero y López
15 February 1908
Águilas, Spain
Died8 November 1978(1978-11-08) (aged 70)
Madrid, Spain
PartyFET y de las JONS
OccupationPolitician, physician
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany
UnitBlue Division
Battles/warsWorld 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]

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