BIO: AUGUSTO PINOCHET UGARTE

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00201553
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• 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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Aujusto 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
Pinochet is
toLally dedicated to the
establishment in Chile
of a new political and economic order free of all
vestiges of Marxism. A man known for his toughness,
he will not tolerate any opposition to the govern-
ment. He dislikes politicians of all persuasions
and reserves particular antipathy for the Christian
Democratic Party.
CHILE
MICRO
ONLY
To international critics, Pinochet is the
personification of the evils they see in Chile.
Defensive in the face of criticism, he recognizes
that there are human rights abuses in the country,
but he has been unwilling or unable to effect the
significant improvements demanded. The President
has been outspokenly indignant at attempts to stop
the flow of US military aid to Chile, reserving
particular wrath for Senator Edward Kennedy, who
has led such efforts. Not a charismatic man, Pino-
chet is nevertheless genuinely popular in Chile.
His frequent public appearances throughout the
country have at times given him the semblance of
a graesroots politician, and he has expressed a
desire to be an elected President one day.
Outwardly tough, rigid and disciplined, Pinochet
can be warm and fatherly. He is straightforward
and forceful and is occasionally impulsive in
his public comments. He has visited the United
States at least three times. Married to the former
Lucia Hiriart, the President has five children and
seven grandchildren. He speaks only a little English.
28 April 1976
CR M 76-11776
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