Pinochet

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet, (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was an army general and dictator of Chile from 1973 until transferring power to a democratically elected president in 1990. He was the commander-in-chief of the Chilean army from 1973 to 1998 and president of the Government Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981. He assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973 that overthrew the Unidad Popular government of Salvador Allende and ended civilian rule a week before its 48th anniversary.