Eduardo Frei Montalva
President of Chile
Died when: 71 years 6 days (852 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
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Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva OMCh (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo fɾej monˈtalβa]; 16 January 1911 – 22 January 1982) was a Chilean political leader.
In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and the 27th president of Chile from 1964 to 1970.
His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, also became president of Chile (1994–2000).Frei's Christian Democratic Party supported the Armed Forces intervention to remove his successor Salvador Allende from office in 1973, after the Chamber of Deputies, on 22 August 1973, accused Allende of violating the Constitution.
He was later a vocal opponent of the Augusto Pinochet regime.On 22 January 1982, Frei died in Santiago, Chile, following surgery.
Assassination was suspected by some but has never been proven.
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