Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 29th president of Chile from 1970 until his suicide in 1973. As a socialist committed to democracy, he has been described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America.
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| Subject | Salvador Allende |
| Category | President of Chile from 1970 to 1973 |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 1970 |
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