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====Military Government (1973-1990)====
====Military Government (1973-1990)====
{{Main article|Augusto Pinochet regime (Chile, 1973–90)}}
{{Main article|Augusto Pinochet regime (Chile, 1973–90)}}
[[File:Augusto Pinochet foto oficial coloreada.jpg|200px|thumbnail|President and General [[Augusto Pinochet|Augusto Pinochet Ugarte]], President of Chile (1973-1990), fighter against [[Marxism]], father of Chile's development, and restorer of the order and the institutions.]]
[[File:Presidente Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (1973-1990).jpg|300px|thumbnail|President and General [[Augusto Pinochet|Augusto Pinochet Ugarte]], President of Chile (1973-1990), fighter against [[Marxism]], father of Chile's development, and restorer of the order and the institutions.]]
[[File:Jaime Guzmán2.png|150px|thumbnail|left|[[Jaime Guzmán]] founder of the [[Independent Democrat Union]] party, writer of part of the 1980 Constitution and its complementary laws, including the binomial system.]]
[[File:Jaime Guzmán2.png|150px|thumbnail|left|[[Jaime Guzmán]] founder of the [[Independent Democrat Union]] party, writer of part of the 1980 Constitution and its complementary laws, including the binomial system.]]
A military pronouncement overthrew Allende on September 11, 1973. As the armed forces bombarded the presidential palace, Allende reportedly committed suicide. A military government, led by General Augusto Pinochet, took over control of the country. The first years of the regime in particular were marked by an irregular war against [[Left Wing Terrorism in Chile|leftist terrorists]] who wanted a violent Marxist revolution. A new Constitution was approved by a plebiscite on September 11, 1980, and General Pinochet became President of the Republic for an 8-year term. The Constitution writing had an important participation of [[Jaime Guzmán]] who also founded the [[Independent Democrat Union]].
A military pronouncement overthrew Allende on September 11, 1973. As the armed forces bombarded the presidential palace, Allende reportedly committed suicide. A military government, led by General Augusto Pinochet, took over control of the country. The first years of the regime in particular were marked by an irregular war against [[Left Wing Terrorism in Chile|leftist terrorists]] who wanted a violent Marxist revolution. A new Constitution was approved by a plebiscite on September 11, 1980, and General Pinochet became President of the Republic for an 8-year term. The Constitution writing had an important participation of [[Jaime Guzmán]] who also founded the [[Independent Democrat Union]].