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Salvador Allende

1908 - 1973

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Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until his death in 1973. As a socialist committed to democracy, he has been described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America. Allende's involvement in Chilean politics spanned a period of nearly forty years, during which he held various positions including senator, deputy, and cabinet minister. As a life-long committed member of the Socialist Party of Chile, whose foundation he had actively contributed to, he unsuccessfully ran for the national presidency in the 1952, 1958, and 1964 elections. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salvador Allende is the 324th most popular politician (down from 174th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Chile (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chilean Politician.

Salvador Allende was a Chilean politician and physician who became president of Chile in 1970. He was overthrown by a military coup in 1973, and died in the coup.

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Among politicians, Salvador Allende ranks 324 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Barack Obama, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Syngman Rhee, Leo I the Thracian, and Theodoric the Great. After him are Sukarno, Macrinus, Philippe Pétain, Lavrentiy Beria, Droupadi Murmu, and Şehzade Mustafa.

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Among people born in 1908, Salvador Allende ranks 5. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, James Stewart, Enver Hoxha, and Oskar Schindler. After him are Abraham Maslow, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Lyndon B. Johnson, Herbert von Karajan, Lev Landau, Otto Skorzeny, and Amon Göth. Among people deceased in 1973, Salvador Allende ranks 6. Before him are Pablo Picasso, J. R. R. Tolkien, Bruce Lee, Pablo Neruda, and David Ben-Gurion. After him are Erich von Manstein, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Lyndon B. Johnson, Pearl S. Buck, Fulgencio Batista, and W. H. Auden.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Salvador Allende ranks 3 out of 321. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904), and Augusto Pinochet (1915). After him are 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, Salvador Allende ranks 2. Before him are Augusto Pinochet (1915). After him are 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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