Manuel Concha Martínez
Manuel René Concha Martínez | |
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Manuel Concha as Undersecretary of Finance in 1987. | |
| President of the Central Bank of Chile | |
| In office April 1989 – 9 December 1989 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Enrique Seguel |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Bianchi |
| Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction | |
| In office 1987–1989 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Juan Carlos Délano |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Baraona |
| Undersecretary of Finance | |
| In office 1984–1987 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Enrique Seguel |
| Succeeded by | Dante Santoni |
| Undersecretary of Economy, Development and Reconstruction | |
| In office 16 February 1983 – 1984 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Álvaro Bardón |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Valenzuela Durán |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1939 (age 86–87) |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse | Marta Rojas Alzamora |
| Parent(s) | Manuel Concha Mora Claudina Martínez Roy |
| Profession | Military engineer; Politician |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Chilean Army |
| Rank | Brigadier general (ret.) |
Manuel René Concha Martínez (born 1939 in Santiago) is a Chilean military engineer and political figure who held several senior economic positions during the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet.
He served as Undersecretary of Economy, Development and Reconstruction (1983–1984), Undersecretary of Finance (1984–1987), Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction (1987–1989), and President of the Central Bank of Chile (April–December 1989). Throughout the regime he maintained a close connection with the civilian economic team that shaped the government’s financial and development policies.
Concha has often been described as aligned with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI)–inspired gremialist economic thought, despite not being formally partisan.
He is the son of Manuel Concha Mora and Claudina Martínez Roy. Since 1962 he has been married to Marta Rojas Alzamora.