Waldemar Coutts
Waldemar Coutts | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Health | |
| In office 3 November 1952 – 31 March 1953 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Sótero del Río |
| Succeeded by | Eugenio Suárez Herreros |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1895 Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Died | 31 March 1959 (aged 63) Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Adriana Ojeda Osorio (m. 1921) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Ernesto Coutts Eugenia Billwiller |
| Education | University of Chile |
| Profession | Physician, surgeon |
Waldemar Ernesto Coutts Billwiller (Viña del Mar, 19 December 1895 – Santiago, 31 March 1959) was a Chilean physician, surgeon, and politician.[1]
He served as Minister of Public Health, Social Welfare and Assistance from 1952 to 1953 during the second administration of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.[2]
Early life
Coutts was born in Viña del Mar, Chile, on 19 December 1895, the son of Ernesto Coutts and Eugenia Billwiller.[3]
He received his primary and secondary education at the Liceo de Aplicación before studying medicine at the University of Chile, graduating as a physician and surgeon in 1918.[1]
On 8 January 1921, he married Adriana Ojeda Osorio in Santiago. They had two sons, Jaime and Waldemar.[1]
Political career
During his medical career, Coutts published a number of works and presented research before Chilean medical societies. He founded the Society of Urology and its journal.[1] He also presented research at the 1933 Medical Conference and the first Congress of Paediatrics.[3]
Alongside physicians Sótero del Río and Leonardo Guzmán Cortés, Coutts founded the UNO,[4] a paramilitary organisation that subsequently joined Eulogio Sánchez's Republican Militia. He was politically active during the events surrounding the coup d'état of 4 June 1932, supporting efforts to secure the military's withdrawal from political power.[5]
Coutts worked as a physician in the Urology Service of the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile and served as chief physician of the Department of Social Hygiene within the General Directorate of Health.[3] In 1939, he joined the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile as a professor.[1]
Politically unaffiliated, Coutts was appointed Minister of Public Health, Social Welfare and Assistance by President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo on 3 November 1952. He served in the post until 31 March 1953.[2]
Coutts also represented Chile at medical congresses in Europe, the United States, and South America. He served as a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Venereal Diseases and of an international expert committee in the same field.[1][3]
Coutts died in Santiago on 31 March 1959, aged 63.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 de Ramón Folch, Armando (1999). Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivos, Legislativo y Judicial. I. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. p. 307. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Anales de la República: registros de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo (2nd ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pedro Pablo Figueroa (1953). Diccionario Biográfico de Chile. I (9th ed.). Santiago, Chile: Empresa Periodística de Chile. p. 304. Search this book on
- ↑ "Biografía del Dr. Leonardo Guzmán Cortés" (PDF). Biblioteca Dr. Bogoslav Juricic Turina. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ Alejandro Goic. "Génesis y desarrollo de la Academia de Medicina" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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