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Also Known As	Augusto Pinochet Ugarte
Born	November 25, 1915 • Valparaíso • Chile • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died	December 10, 2006 (aged 91) • Santiago • Chile
Title / Office	president (1974-1990), Chile

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Pinochet imprisoned many members of his predecessors government the day he took over, only later releasing some of those individuals under pressure from the United States.
At the end of his presidency, one-third of Chiles population supported Pinochet.

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