AUGUSTOPINOCHET

Augusto Pinochet

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet, was an army general and dictator of Chile from 1973, until transferring power to a democratically elected president in 1990. He was the commander-in-chief of the Chilean army from 1973 to 1998 and president of the Government Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981. He assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973, supported by the US Central Intelligence Agency, that overthrew the Unidad Popular government of Salvador Allende and ended civilian rule a week before its 48th anniversary.

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