Jorge Muñoz de Closets

Jorge Eduardo Muñoz de Closets (Iquique, 28 September 1925 – date of death unknown) was a Chilean lawyer and politician.

He served as Minister of Lands and Colonisation from 1953 to 1954 during the second administration of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.

Early life

Muñoz was born in Iquique, Chile, on 28 September 1925, the son of Víctor Muñoz Valdés and Sofía de Closets López.

He attended Colegio San Bosco and the Liceo de Iquique before studying law at the University of Chile. He qualified as a lawyer in 1951 with a thesis entitled Estudio crítico jurisprudencial del título preliminar del Código Civil, which received an outstanding distinction. He was also recognised as the best graduate of his faculty.

He married Liliana Benavides del Villar.

Political career

From 1948 to 1952, Muñoz served as a teaching assistant in civil law at the University of Chile. He also worked as a lawyer for the Caja de Previsión de Empleados Particulares (Empart).

During the second administration of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Muñoz served as legal counsel to the Caja de Colonización Agrícola of the Ministry of Lands and Colonisation from 1952 to 1953. On 15 June 1953, Ibáñez appointed him Minister of Lands and Colonisation, a position he held until 7 January 1954.

Muñoz was a member of the Chilean Bar Association and the Sociedad Protectora de Animales.