Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Biography

Birth of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte

Appointed Officer Chief of Staff

Appointed professor of the 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

Appointed Commander of the "Esmeralda" Regiment

Appointed Chief of Staff of the II Army Division

Appointed Brigadier General and Commander in Chief of the VI Division

Appointed Intendant of the Tarapac  Province

Appointed General of a Division, and named Commander General of the Santiago Army Garrison

Named Chief Major General of the the Army

Named Commander in Chief of the Army

The Armed Forces and Carabineros of Chile assume control of the Government

By unanimous decree of the Army Chiefs of Staff awarded the honorary title of Commander in Chief Emeritus of the Chilean Army

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

Congress approves a constitutional amendment creating the status of "ex-president," which granted its owner immunity from prosecution and guaranteed him a financial allowance

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

Pinochet returns to Chile

Pinochet is indicted for "kidnapping" 75 opponents in the Caravan of Death case - Guzman advanced the charge of "kidnapping" as they were officially "disappeared:"

Pinochet is indicted for "kidnapping" 75 opponents in the Caravan of Death case - Guzman advanced the charge of "kidnapping" as they were officially "disappeared:"

Death of Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet