Ricardo Puelma
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Ricardo Puelma | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Social Welfare | |
| In office 5 September 1930 – 13 July 1931 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1930 – 5 September 1930 | |
| Constituency | 1st Departamental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1878 |
| Died | 1935 |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
Ricardo Enrique Puelma Laval (10 July 1878 – 1935) was a Chilean physician, military officer and politician. A member of the Radical Party, he served briefly as a deputy and later as Minister of Social Welfare during the presidency of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.[1]
In addition to his medical and political work, Puelma wrote and published several works of scientific and sociological character.[1] He died in 1935.[1]
Puelma was born in Copiapó, Chile, on 10 July 1878. He studied at the Liceo of Copiapó and later medicine at the University of Chile. He graduated as a physician-surgeon on 29 December 1902 with a thesis titled Defensas e inmunidad de las enfermedades infecciosas.[1]
He later undertook postgraduate studies in military health and obtained diplomas in Italy, Spain, Switzerland and particularly in France in 1919.[1]