Manuel Concha Martínez

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.