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Augusto Pinochet

1915 - 2006

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Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean military officer and politician who was the dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990. From 1973 to 1981, he was the leader of the military junta, which in 1974 declared him President of the Republic and thus the dictator of Chile; in 1980, a referendum approved a new constitution confirming him in the office, after which he served as de jure president from 1981 to 1990. His time in office remains the longest of any Chilean ruler. Augusto Pinochet rose through the ranks of the Chilean Army to become General Chief of Staff in early 1972 before being appointed its Commander-in-Chief on 23 August 1973 by President Salvador Allende. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Augusto Pinochet is the 278th most popular politician (down from 146th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Chile (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Chilean Politician.

Augusto Pinochet is most famous for being the military dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990.

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Among politicians, Augusto Pinochet ranks 278 out of 19,576. Before him are Elagabalus, Olav V of Norway, Edward the Martyr, Lucius Verus, Slobodan Milošević, and Pratibha Patil. After him are Louis Philippe I, Reinhard Heydrich, Charles I of Austria, Darius III, Demosthenes, and Louis XII of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Augusto Pinochet ranks 2. Before him is Édith Piaf. After him are Vasily Zaitsev, Charles H. Townes, Frank Sinatra, Roland Barthes, Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Moshe Dayan, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Orson Welles, and Arthur Miller. Among people deceased in 2006, Augusto Pinochet ranks 5. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Ferenc Puskás, Saparmurat Niyazov, and Slobodan Milošević. After him are Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Davis Jr., Gerald Ford, Stanisław Lem, Milton Friedman, Alfredo Stroessner, and Owen Chamberlain.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Augusto Pinochet ranks 2 out of 321. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904). After him are Salvador Allende (1908), Gabriela Mistral (1889), Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), Michelle Bachelet (1951), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Víctor Jara (1932), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), and Luis Sepúlveda (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, Augusto Pinochet ranks 1. After him are Salvador Allende (1908), Michelle Bachelet (1951), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), Patricio Aylwin (1918), Ricardo Lagos (1938), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Jorge Alessandri (1896), Arturo Alessandri (1868), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), and José Manuel Balmaceda (1840).

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