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Augusto Pinochet was born on November 25, 1915 in Valparaiso, Chile. His full name was Augusto Pinochet Ugarte.
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Augusto Pinochet was educated at Chilean Army's War Academy. He graduated in 1936.
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Pinochet was a military officer who was chosen to be an army commander by President Allende 18 days before the coup, which he planned and led
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In June 1974, Pinochet became president until the end of his 8-year term. Which ended in 1989.
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When he was still commander of the armed forces until 1988, Pinochet often stopped humans rights prosecutions of national security members.
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After he stepped down from being president, he became a senator for life, a position granted to former presidents in the 1981 constitution.
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In the year 2000, Pinochet was stripped of his immunity from prosecution, and was ordered to stand trial against charges of human rights abuses.
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Pinochet’s charges were dropped in 2002 due to Chile’s Supreme Court stating that he was mentally incapable of defending himself in court.
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In 2005, the Chilean Supreme Court voted to remove Pinochet’s immunity for illegal financial dealings as well as for a case involving the disappearance and execution of at least 119 political dissidents.
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He was ruled to stand trial for those crimes. However, he died of a heart attack the following year.
