Anfión Muñoz

Anfión Muñoz Muñoz (1850 – c. 1920) was a Chilean political figure, who served as minister in 1904.

Anfión Muñoz was born in Chillán, the son of Francisco Muñoz and of Clorinda Muñoz. He completed his studies at the Instituto Nacional and graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Chile on June 10, 1875. On April 24 of the same year, he married Isabel Lamas Benavente but they had no children. He joined the Radical Party.

The same year, Muñoz was named Secretary of the Intendency of Bio Bio. He later became Intendant of Valdivia from 1881 to 1884; Intendant of Talca from 1884 to 1886; Intendant of Tarapacá from 1886 to 1887; and Intendant of Coquimbo from 1887 to 1889. President José Manuel Balmaceda named him General Inspector of Colonization in 1889. He was elected a Deputy for Antofagasta, Taltal and Tocopilla in 1897, and re-elected in 1900 for Temuco and Imperial. Under President Germán Riesco, he was named Minister of Industry and Public Works from June 1 to October 30, 1904.

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Preceded by
Francisco de Borja Valdés		 Minister of Industry and Public Works
1904 		Succeeded by
Eduardo Charme


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