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Eduardo Frei Montalva

President of Chile (1911-1982)

Born
January 16, 1911
Died
January 22, 1982
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1911

About Eduardo Frei Montalva

Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo fɾej monˈtalβa]; 16 January 1911 – 22 January 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). Said political party supported the Armed Forces intervention to remove his successor Salvador Allende from office in 1973, after the Chamber of Deputies, on 22 August 1973, accused Allende of violating the Constitution. He was later a vocal opponent of the Augusto Pinochet regime. On 22 January 1982, Frei died in Santiago, Chile, following surgery. Assassination was suspected by some but has never been proven. On 18 August 2023, the Supreme Court ruled out the assassination charges and declared innocent all those accused. In 1952, at 41 years of age, Frei Montalva announced his first candidacy in the presidential elections. The winery San Pedro is still well known in Lontué and Molina 200 km south of Santiago and was founded in 1865 by the brothers Bonifacio and José Gregorio Correa Albano. He began his political career in the Conservative Party, but was among a group of young men who founded their own party in 1938: the Falange Nacional.

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Eduardo Frei Montalva timeline

  1. The winery San Pedro is still well known in Lontué and Molina 200 km south of Santiago and was founded in 1865 by the brothers Bonifacio and José Gregorio Correa Albano.
  2. He began his political career in the Conservative Party, but was among a group of young men who founded their own party in 1938: the Falange Nacional.
  3. In 1952, at 41 years of age, Frei Montalva announced his first candidacy in the presidential elections.
  4. His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, also became president of Chile (1994–2000).

The world when Eduardo Frei Montalva was born

Eduardo Frei Montalva was born in 1911. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1911

  • Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
  • Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
  • World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Eduardo Frei Montalva's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19112026
Population93.4M341 million

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