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{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Salvador Allende| | {{Infobox revolutionary|name=Salvador Allende|birth_name=Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens |birth_date=26 June 1908|birth_place=Santiago, [[Chile]]|death_date=11 September 1973 (age 65)|death_place=Santiago, Chile|political_orientation=[[Marxism]]<br>[[Democratic socialism]]<br>[[Anti-imperialism]]|political_party=Unidad Popular (Popular Unity)<br>Partido Socialista de Chile (Socialist Party of Chile)|image=SalvadorAllende.jpg}} | ||
'''Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens''' (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a [[Chile]]an physician and [[socialist]] politician,<ref>https://www.lexico.com/definition/allende,_salvador</ref> who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the first [[Marxism|Marxist]] to be elected president in a [[liberal democracy]] in [[Latin America]].<ref name="Mabry">Don Mabry, [http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=671 ''Chile: Allende's Rise and Fall''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030015859/http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=671|date=30 October 2006}}</ref> | '''Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens''' (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a [[Chile]]an physician and [[socialist]] politician,<ref>https://www.lexico.com/definition/allende,_salvador</ref> who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the first [[Marxism|Marxist]] to be elected president in a [[liberal democracy]] in [[Latin America]].<ref name="Mabry">Don Mabry, [http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=671 ''Chile: Allende's Rise and Fall''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030015859/http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=671|date=30 October 2006}}</ref> | ||
As president, Allende sought to nationalize major industries, expand education and improve the living standards of the working class. He clashed with the right-wing parties that controlled [[Congress of Chile|Congress]] and with the judiciary. On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende in a ''[[1973 Chilean coup d'état|coup d'état]]'' supported by the United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA). As troops surrounded [[La Moneda Palace]], he gave his last speech vowing not to resign. | As president, Allende sought to nationalize major industries, expand education and improve the living standards of the working class. He clashed with the right-wing parties that controlled [[Congress of Chile|Congress]] and with the judiciary. On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende in a ''[[1973 Chilean coup d'état|coup d'état]]'' supported by the United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA). As troops surrounded [[La Moneda Palace]], he gave his last speech vowing not to resign. | ||
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Salvador Allende | |
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| Born | Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens 26 June 1908 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 11 September 1973 (age 65) Santiago, Chile |
| Political orientation | Marxism Democratic socialism Anti-imperialism |
| Political party | Unidad Popular (Popular Unity) Partido Socialista de Chile (Socialist Party of Chile) |
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and socialist politician,[1] who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.[2]
As president, Allende sought to nationalize major industries, expand education and improve the living standards of the working class. He clashed with the right-wing parties that controlled Congress and with the judiciary. On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende in a coup d'état supported by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). As troops surrounded La Moneda Palace, he gave his last speech vowing not to resign.