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1915- . Military ruler of Chile from 1973,
when a coup backed by the US Central
Intelligence Agency ousted and killed
President Salvador Allende. Pinochet took
over the presidency and governed ruthlessly,
crushing all opposition. He was voted out of
power when general elections were held in Dec
1989 but remains head of the armed forces
until 1997.