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Salvador Allende
Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens was President of Chile from November 1970 until his death during the coup d'etat of September 11, 1973.
Allende's career in Chilean government spanned nearly forty years. As a Socialist Party politician, he became a senator, deputy, cabinet minister and after failing in the 1952, 1958, and 1964 presidential elections, he was elected President in 1970. He was the first Marxist leader of a nation to gain power through democratic process.
Early life
Allende was born on July 26, 1908 in Valparaiso. He ...
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