Patricio Aylwin

Chilean politician and former president (1918-2016) · Chile · On the map · Politicians · Died at 97

Patricio Aylwin Azócar was a Chilean politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator who was the 30th president of Chile from 1990 to 1994.

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2016Died19 April 20161998J. William Fulbright PrizeAward1995Honorary Doctor of Georgetown UniversityAward1994Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-SorbonneAward1993Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of AustriaAward1992Grand Collar of the Order of LibertyAward1991Collar of the Order of Charles IIIAwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1990Collar of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of MeritAward1918Born26 November 1918

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President Salvador Allende with then-senator Aylwin

Aylwin in his office, 1990

Pinochet congratulates Aylwin on inauguration day, 11 March 1990.

Aylwin in July 2011

The funeral cortege of Patricio Aylwin on 22 April 2016 in Santiago

Awards

J. William Fulbright Prize1998

Honorary Doctor of Georgetown University1995

Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne1994

Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria1993

Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty1992

Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1991

Collar of the Order of Charles III1991

Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1990

Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit1990

North-South Prize

Fulbright Scholarship

Grand Cross of the Order Bernardo O'Higgins

Order of Merit

Order of Jamaica

Honorary Doctor of the University of Santiago, Chile

Honorary Doctor of Waseda University

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame

Honorary Doctorate

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Parma

About this person

He was the first president to be elected after the end of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship following the 1988 Chilean presidential referendum, marking the Chilean transition to democracy in 1990. He was from the Christian Democratic Party.

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Chile