Allende Gossens Salvador

Al·len·de Gos·sens

 (ä-yĕn′dĕ gō′sĕns), Salvador 1908-1973.

Chilean politician who as president (1970-1973) was considered the first democratically elected Marxist head of government. He died, either by suicide or murder, when his government was overthrown in a coup d'état led by Augusto Pinochet.

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