In 1943 he was appointed to the same post by Juan Antonio and October 6 of 1944 he took over as Minister of the Interior of Chile after the failure of ministers Morales Beltrami Hiriart and Allard all right-wing sector of the party the weight Quintana was in vain as the CEN again hindered his work and was forced to resign in that position was Vice President for a few days caused by a disease of Juan Antonio then be replaced by Hernan Figueroa Anguita who could not bear the office and was replaced by Luis Barros Alamos in 1945 .