BIO: AUGUSTO PINOCHET UGARTE

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00201554
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2016
• Case Number: F-2016-02447
• Publication Date: April 28, 1976

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Augusto PINOCHET Ugarte
(Phonetic: peenohCHAY)
President; Commander in
Chief of the Army
Addressed as:
Mr. President
Army Commander since
August 1973, Maj, Gen.
Augusto Pinochet, 60,
became President after
he led the September 1973
coup against President
(1970-73) Salvador
Allende. Pinochet is
totally dedicated to
the establishment in
Chile of a new political and economic order free
of all vestiges of Marxism. He dislikes politi-
cians of all persuasions and blames them for the
problems that necessitated the coup. The Presi-
dent will not tolerate any opposition to the
government or to its goal of national reconstruction.
Pinochet has a concern for people, and his
frequent public appearances throughout Chile have
at times given him the semblance of a grassroots
politician. He is genuinely popular in Chile
despite severe personal criticism from abroad. The
President admires the United States, but he has
been unhappy at the attempts in Congress to stop the
flow of US military aid to Chile. He has been to
the United States at least three times.
CHILE
Generally considered tough, rigid and disciplined,
Pinochet has been described as warm and fricndly by
journalists who have interviewed him. He does not
smoke but drinks in moderation. He enjoys reading
and writing. He has written at least three books
on geography, one of which has been used as a high
school text. Married to the former Lucia Hiriart,
the President has five children and seven grand-
children. He speaks some French and a little English.
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28 April 1976
CR M 76-11777
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