Patricio Aylwin
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| 32nd President of Chile | |
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In office March 11, 1990 – March 11, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Augusto Pinochet Ugarte |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
| President of the Senate of Chile | |
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In office January 12, 1971 – May 22, 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Tomás Pablo Elorza |
| Succeeded by | José Ignacio Palma Vicuña |
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Senator of the Republic of Chile for the Sixth Provincial Grouping Curicó, Talca, Linares y Maule |
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In office 1965 – September 11, 1973 |
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Patricio Aylwin Azócar November 26, 1918 Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Died | April 19, 2016 (aged 97) Santiago, Chile |
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Cementerio General de Santiago Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic |
| Children | Mariana Isabel Miguel José Antonio Juan Francisco |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Patricio Aylwin Azócar (Spanish pronunciation: [paˈtɾiθjo ˈelwin aˈθokar]; November 26, 1918 – April 19, 2016) was a Chilean Christian Democrat politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator. He was the first president of Chile after Pinochet, and his election marked the Chilean transition to democracy in 1990. Despite resistance from elements of the Chilean military and government after his election, Patricio Aylwin was staunch in his support for the Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission which exposed the Chilean government’s brutalities.
Aylwin, the eldest of the five children of Miguel Aylwin and Laura Azócar, was born in Viña del Mar. An excellent student, he enrolled in the Law School of the University of Chile where he became a lawyer, with the highest distinction, in 1943. He served as professor of administrative law, first at the University of Chile (1946–1967) and also at the School of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (1952–1960). He was also professor of civic education and political economy at the National Institute (1946–1963).
He was married to Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic. They had five children (his daughter Mariana worked as a minister in subsequent governments) and 14 grandchildren (among them, popular telenovela and film actress Paz Bascuñán).
Patricio Aylwin’s involvement in politics started in 1945, when he joined the Falange Nacional. Later he was elected president of the Falange in 1950 and 1951. When that party became the Christian Democrats, he served seven terms as its president between 1958 and 1989.
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