Government Junta
Assumes leadership of the military junta after the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government.
Role range: 1973-1974
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Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte Biography and Timeline
Follow Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte through 44 dated historical records for Chile.
Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1973
Military Junta
Leads the military junta established after the armed forces overthrow President Salvador Allende.
Role range: 1973-1974
Dissolution of Congress
The military junta dissolves the National Congress and assumes legislative authority.
Role range: 1973-1974
Constitutional Drafting
Authorizes constitutional studies intended to replace the 1925 constitutional framework.
Role range: 1973-1974
Constitutional Studies Commission
Establishes the commission charged with preparing proposals for a new constitution.
Role range: 1973-1974
1974
Declaration of Principles
The military government publishes principles defining its proposed political and institutional reconstruction.
Role range: 1973-1974
Government Programme
Presents the military government as a programme of national reconstruction.
Role range: 1973-1974
Institutional Objectives
Sets out institutional objectives intended to guide the military government.
Role range: 1973-1974
Creation of DINA
Establishes the National Intelligence Directorate as the regime's principal secret police organization.
Role range: 1974-1977
Supreme Chief of Nation
Assumes executive power under the title Supreme Chief of the Nation.
Role range: 1974-1974
President of Chile
Assumes the title President of the Republic while retaining command of the army.
Role range: 1974-1990
1975
Regionalization of Chile
Implements a nationwide regional administrative structure.
Role range: 1974-1990
Regionalization
Implements administrative regionalization that reorganizes Chile into thirteen regions.
Role range: 1974-1990
1977
Creation of CNI
Creates the National Information Centre to replace DINA as the military government's intelligence organization.
Role range: 1974-1990
1978
Amnesty Decree
Issues an amnesty covering many crimes committed during the first years of military rule.
Role range: 1974-1990
1979
Cueca Declared National Dance
Issues a decree recognizing the cueca as Chile's national dance.
Role range: 1974-1990
Seven Modernizations
Launches a package of structural reforms affecting pensions, health, education, labour relations and other social institutions.
Role range: 1974-1990
1980
Constitution of Chile
The government declares approval of a new constitution in a plebiscite conducted without normal electoral registers.
Role range: 1974-1990
Constitutional Plebiscite
Holds a plebiscite approving a new constitution without established democratic electoral safeguards.
Role range: 1974-1990
Higher Education Restructuring
Begins reforms permitting new private higher-education institutions and restructuring the university system.
Role range: 1974-1990
Private Pension System
Establishes a new individual-capitalization pension system through Decree Law 3,500.
Role range: 1974-1990
1981
President of Chile
Begins the constitutional presidential period established by the 1980 Constitution.
Role range: 1974-1990
1982
Securities Market Law
Promulgates legislation regulating securities issuance and stock-market operations.
Role range: 1974-1990
1983
First National Protest
Confronts the first nationwide protest against military rule amid recession and growing political opposition.
Role range: 1974-1990
Return of Exiles
Begins allowing selected political exiles to return to Chile as domestic opposition increases.
Role range: 1974-1990
1984
Declaration of Siege
Reimposes a state of siege amid expanding opposition protests.
Role range: 1974-1990
Beagle Dispute Settlement
Accepts a negotiated settlement defining the maritime boundary with Argentina.
Role range: 1974-1990
Treaty of Peace and Friendship
Signs the Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Argentina after papal mediation of the Beagle dispute.
Role range: 1974-1990
1985
Foreign Policy Pressure
Responds to growing United States criticism of the military government’s human rights record.
Role range: 1974-1990
International Human Rights Pressure
Faces increasing international financial and diplomatic pressure over human rights violations.
Role range: 1974-1990
1986
National Strike
Opposition organizations begin a two-day national strike against military rule.
Role range: 1974-1990
General Strike
The government confronts the second day of a nationwide opposition strike.
Role range: 1974-1990
Assassination Attempt
Survives an armed ambush in which five members of his security detail are killed.
Role range: 1974-1990
Security Measures
Tightens security measures after surviving the armed attack in Cajon del Maipo.
Role range: 1974-1990
1987
Reception of Pope John Paul II during the pontiff’s
Receives Pope John Paul II during the pontiff’s visit to Chile.
Role range: 1974-1990
1988
No Plebiscite Victory
Loses the plebiscite proposing that he remain president for another eight years.
Role range: 1974-1990
Referendum
Loses the national plebiscite seeking an additional presidential term.
Role range: 1974-1990
Referendum
Publicly accepts the plebiscite result after the No campaign wins.
Role range: 1974-1990
Constitution of Chile
Prepares the constitutional plebiscite on whether he should remain president for another term.
Role range: 1974-1990
Democratic Election Timetable
Begins preparations for competitive presidential and parliamentary elections following the plebiscite defeat.
Role range: 1974-1990
Records, sources and methodology
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