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Augusto Pinochet was a Chilean army general who led the military government established after the 1973 coup against President Salvador Allende. He ruled Chile as head of state until 1990, while the armed forces and appointed bodies retained major political influence. His government combined systematic human-rights abuses with market-oriented economic reforms, making him a central and contested figure in Chilean twentieth-century history.
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