Patricio Aylwin

Patricio Aylwin
Official portrait, 1990
30th President of Chile
In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994
Preceded by	Augusto Pinochet Ugarte
Succeeded by	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
President of the Senate of Chile
In office 12 January 1971 – 22 May 1972
Preceded by	Tomás Pablo Elorza
Succeeded by	José Ignacio Palma
Senator of the Republic of Chile for the Sixth Provincial Grouping (Curicó, Talca, Linares and Maule)
In office 15 May 1965 – 11 September 1973
Personal details
Born	Patricio Aylwin Azócar (1918-11-26)26 November 1918 Viña del Mar, Chile
Died	19 April 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 97) Santiago, Chile
Resting place	Cementerio General de Santiago, Santiago
Political party	Christian Democratic Party
Spouse	Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic ​ ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Chile
Occupation	Lawyer
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Patricio Aylwin Azócar OMCh (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [paˈtɾisjo ˈelwin aˈsokaɾ] ^ⓘ; 26 November 1918 – 19 April 2016) was a Chilean politician from the Christian Democratic Party, lawyer, author, professor and former senator. He was the 30th president of Chile and the first president to be elected after the absolute rule of dictator Augusto Pinochet, and his election marked the Chilean transition to democracy in 1990.

Despite resistance from elements of the Chilean military and government after his election, Aylwin was staunch in his support for the Chilean National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation which exposed the systematic brutalities of the dictatorship.^[1]