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Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

  • Fame72.7
  • Momentum1.6
  • Wikipedia133.8K
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Lived 1915–2006, aged 91
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  • Era
    1915–2006
    Aged 91
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    2012
Summary
Updated 2026-09-07

Chilean army general who seized power in a 1973 U.S.-backed coup and ruled for seventeen years. Under his dictatorship, thousands were executed or disappeared, tens of thousands tortured, while the regime imposed sweeping free-market reforms that transformed Chile's economy and deepened its inequalities.

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Born in Valparaíso in 1915, Pinochet rose through the Chilean Army to become commander-in-chief in August 1973, appointed by President Salvador Allende. Three weeks later, on 11 September 1973, he led the military junta that overthrew Allende's democratically elected socialist government with U.S. financial and intelligence support. Proclaimed President in December 1974, Pinochet launched a systematic campaign against leftists and political opponents: executions reached at least 3,095, with as many as 80,000 interned and tens of thousands tortured. His regime founded Operation Condor in 1975,…

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Augusto Pinochet
said
The country is safe, because we have a good intelligence service.
— Speech (September 1974), quoted in La Nación (2006-12-11) "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet" (The Immortal Sayings of Pinochet)
Augusto Pinochet
said
I'm looking at them from above, because God put me there.
— Speech (July 1987), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
Augusto Pinochet
said
The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.
— Speech (24 April 1987), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
Augusto Pinochet
said
My library is filled with UN condemnations.
— Speech (26 December 1986), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
Augusto Pinochet
said
I have a sour face. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.
— Speech (24 April 1986), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
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