Jorge Alessandri

Jorge Alessandri

Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez (May 19, 1896 – August 31, 1986) was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970 being defeated by Salvador Allende. He was the son of Arturo Alessandri, who was president from 1920 to 1925 and again from 1932 to 1938.

Read more about Jorge Alessandri:  Early Years, Senate and Presidency, Allende's Election and Pinochet's Dictatorship, Final Years