Humberto Magliocchetti

Humberto Gonzalo Magliocchetti Barahona (13 May 1918 – 20 October 1993) was a Chilean aviator and General of Aviation who served as Minister of Public Works and Transport during the final month of President Salvador Allende’s government.

Biography

Born in Santiago on 13 May 1918, the son of Víctor Magliocchetti Terzi and Elvira Barahona Pérez. He was married to Marta Opazo Blachet and had four children.

He studied in the Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy before transferring to the Chilean Air Force. He had a distinguished career in the Air Force, and during the last month of Allende’s government, from 18 August to 11 September 1973, he was Minister of Public Works and Transport — one of the nine military officers in the Popular Unity cabinet.

After the 1973 coup d’état, he served in the ruling Military Junta of Government as chief of staff to General Gustavo Leigh. He retired in 1975 with the rank of General of Aviation. He died in Santiago on 20 October 1993.