Eduardo Frei Montalva
| Eduardo Frei Montalva | |
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| 29th President of Chile | |
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In office November 3, 1964 – November 3, 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Jorge Alessandri |
| Succeeded by | Salvador Allende |
| President of the Senate of Chile | |
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In office May 23, 1973 – September 21, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Américo Acuña Rosas (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Valdés |
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Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva January 16, 1911 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | January 22, 1982 (aged 71) Santiago, Chile |
| Resting place |
Cementerio General de Santiago Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Political party | Christian Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez |
| Children | Irene Carmen Isabel Mónica Eduardo Jorge Francisco |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva (January 16, 1911 – January 22, 1982) was a Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and the 28th president of Chile from 1964 to 1970. His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, also became president of Chile (1994–2000).
Frei's Christian Democratic Party supported the Armed Forces intervention to remove his successor Salvador Allende from office in 1973, after the Chamber of Deputies, on August 22, 1973, accused Allende of violating the Constitution and called for his overthrow. He was later a vocal opponent of the Augusto Pinochet regime, which was accused of poisoning him with botulinum toxin during routine surgery.
Eduardo Frei Montalva was born in Santiago on January 16, 1911, the son of Eduard Frei Schlinz, a Swiss-born ethnic German from Austria, and Victoria Montalva Martínez. In 1914, his family moved to , where his father had been hired as an accountant at a winery. In addition, his other two siblings, Arturo and Irene, were born. He attended the Escuela Pública de Lontué (Public School of Lontué).
In 1919 the family returned to Santiago and Eduardo, as a young man, entered the boarding School Seminario Conciliar de Santiago where he remained until 1922. In 1923, he entered Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino, where he graduated in 1928, at the age of 17.
As an 18-year-old, he entered Universidad Católica School of Law in 1929. For two years, he had been visiting María, the sister of his friend, Alfredo Ruiz-Tagle. He attended high school and went on to study law, graduating as a lawyer in 1933. He married María Ruiz-Tagle with whom he had 7 children. His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000.
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