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    Patricio Aylwin

    Chilean politician and former president

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  1. Patricio Aylwin Azócar OMCh (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [paˈtɾisjo ˈelwin aˈsokaɾ] ⓘ; 26 November 1918 – 19 April 2016) was a Chilean politician from the Christian Democratic Party, lawyer, author, professor and former senator.

  2. May 10, 2024 · Patricio Aylwin (born November 26, 1918, Viña del Mar, Chile—died April 19, 2016, Santiago) was a Chilean politician who served as president from 1990 to 1994. He was the country’s first democratically elected president after the 1973 military coup that had brought Augusto Pinochet to power.

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  3. Apr 20, 2016 · Patricio Aylwin, the former president of Chile whose election in 1989 put an end to the long dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, and who set up a commission that exposed the government’s...

  4. Apr 19, 2016 · Reuters in Santiago. Tue 19 Apr 2016 11.29 EDT. Share. Patricio Aylwin, who oversaw Chile’s peaceful transition to democracy with a pragmatic but cautious hand as the first elected president...

  5. Apr 19, 2016 · Reuters. Patricio Aylwin governed Chile from 1990 to 1994. The former president of Chile, Patricio Aylwin, has died aged 97 of natural causes, his family says. Mr Aylwin, a centre-right...

  6. Apr 19, 2016 · Patricio Aylwin, a lanky law professor who played a decisive role in restoring Chile’s democracy after 17 years of brutal dictatorship and was later elected president, died April 19 in Santiago.

  7. May 11, 2018 · A leader of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party for over 40 years, Patricio Aylwin Azócar (born 1918) was elected president of Chile in 1989. Strongly committed to social and economic justice, he strove to attain those goals in an environment of freedom and economic growth.