About
Physician who was elected President of Chile in 1970 only to be deposed three years later by General Augusto Pinoche. tHe was the first Marxist elected president of a Latin American country and as President he adopted a policy of nationalization of industries and collectivization.
Before Fame
He graduated from the University of Chile in 1933 with a degree in medicine.
Trivia
He committed suicide shortly after giving a farewell speech to Chileans over the radio because he refused to be used as a tool of propaganda by the Chilean military that was orchestrating the coup that overthrew him.
Family Life
He married Hortensia Bussi and had three children.
Associated With
He killed himself after General Augusto Pinochet launched a military coup to remove him from government.
