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Also known as Patricio Aylwin Azócar, Patricio Aylwin Azocar

Chilean politician and former president (1918–2016)

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Patricio Aylwin Azócar (1918–2016) was a Chilean lawyer, jurist, university teacher, and politician. Born in Viña del Mar, he served as President of Chile. A member of the Christian Democratic Party and Falange Nacional, he was educated at the University of Chile and later employed by both the University of Chile and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He was a practicing Catholic and spoke Spanish.

Aylwin’s academic and political writings include *Derecho administrativo*, *Programa de gobierno*, *El juicio arbitral*, and *Actualidad y vigencia de la democracia cristiana*. He received several honors, including the North–South Prize, a Fulbright Scholarship, the Order of Merit, and the Order of Jamaica. He was married to Leonor Oyarzún and had five children, including Mariana Aylwin. His sibling was Andrés Aylwin.

He died of respiratory failure in Providencia in 2016 and was buried in the Santiago General Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

  • Derecho administrativo ...
  • Programa de gobierno
  • Programas internacionales de las candidaturas de Büchi, Errázuriz y Aylwin
  • El juicio arbitral
  • Actualidad y vigencia de la democracia cristiana

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Film & TV

Acting · Viña del Mar, Chile

Known for

  • Elegidos — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Chicago Boys — Self (archive footage)2015
  • Guerilleros — Self (archive footage)2015
  • Chile, las imágenes prohibidas — Self (archive footage)2013
  • Pinochet — Self (archive footage)2012
  • No — Self (archive footage)2012
  • Mentiras verdaderas — Self (archive footage)2011
  • TV o no TV — Self (archive footage)2008
  • 80s: El soundtrack de una generación — Self (archive footage)2006
  • Testigo ocular — Self - PPD Spokesman2002

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
2012
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Key facts

Preceded by
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte
Succeeded by
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Born
Patricio Aylwin Azócar , ( 1918-11-26 ) 26 November 1918, Viña del Mar , Chile
Died
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) (aged 97), Santiago , Chile
Resting place
Cementerio General de Santiago , Santiago
Party
Christian Democratic Party
Spouse
Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 ) ​
Children
5, including Mariana
Alma mater
University of Chile
Occupation
Lawyer

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Encyclopedic overview

Patricio Aylwin Azócar OMCh ( Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [paˈtɾisjo ˈelwin aˈsokaɾ] ; 26 November 1918 – 19 April 2016) was a Chilean politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator who was the 30th president of Chile from 1990 to 1994. 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.

Born in Viña del Mar, to British descent on his father's side, Aylwin was an active politician since 1945. He was first elected Senator in 1965, and later became president of the Senate in 1971 under Salvador Allende's administration. After the 1973 coup, he led the Christian Democrat party on two occasions, and was elected president in 1989. His administration was defined by social and economic reforms, the latter of which led to a significant decrease in Chilean homeless population. Aylwin was also a staunch supporter of the Chilean National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, which sought to prosecute those involved in human rights violations during the dictatorship.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Patricio Aylwin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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