Birth of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte
Birth of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte
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Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Biography and Timeline
Follow Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet through 20 dated historical records for Chile.
Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
20Distinct records
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1915–2006Years on this page
1915
1951
Chief of Staff
Appointed Officer Chief of Staff
1953
War Academy
Appointed professor of the War Academy
1956
War Academy
Chosen, together with a group of other young officers, to form a military mission that would collaborate in the organisation of the War Academy of Ecuador in Quito
1959
Commander of "Esmeralda" Regiment
Appointed Commander of the "Esmeralda" Regiment
1968
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff of the II Army Division
1969
Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier General and Commander in Chief of the VI Division
Intendant-Tarapac Province
Appointed Intendant of the Tarapac Province
1971
General
Appointed General of a Division, and named Commander General of the Santiago Army Garrison
1972
Chief Major General
Named Chief Major General of the the Army
1973
Commander in Chief of the Army
Named Commander in Chief of the Army
Coup
The Armed Forces and Carabineros of Chile assume control of the Government
1998
Commander in Chief Emeritus
By unanimous decree of the Army Chiefs of Staff awarded the honorary title of Commander in Chief Emeritus of the Chilean Army
Constitution of Chile
As established under the new constitution Pinochet turns over command of the army to Lieutenant General Ricardo Izurieta Caffarena, chosen by the President of the Republic
2000
Arrest of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet
Pinochet returns to Chile
Arrest of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet
After having been placed under house arrest in Britain and initiating a judicial battle, he is eventually released on medical grounds by the then Home Secretary Jack Straw without facing trial
Arrest of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet
Pinochet is indicted for "kidnapping" 75 opponents in the Caravan of Death case - Guzman advanced the charge of "kidnapping" as they were officially "disappeared:"
Caravan of Death
Pinochet is indicted for "kidnapping" 75 opponents in the Caravan of Death case - Guzman advanced the charge of "kidnapping" as they were officially "disappeared:"
Constitution of Chile
Congress approves a constitutional amendment creating the status of "ex-president," which granted its owner immunity from prosecution and guaranteed him a financial allowance
2006
Death of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet
Death of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.