Allende Gossens, Salvador
(b. Santiago 26 July 1908; d. 11 Sept. 1973) Chilean; President 1970–3, Senator 1945–70 Allende qualified as a surgeon in 1932. One of the founding members of the breakaway Socialist Party. He was elected deputy for Valparaíso and Quillota in 1937. In 1939 he served as Health Minister during the Aguirre Cerda administration, and again under the vice-presidency of Gerónimo Méndez, 1941. From 1945 until 1970 Allende remained a Senator, representing the southernmost provinces and then Valparaíso and Aconcagua. He was presidential candidate on four occasions from 1952. In 1952 he achieved 5.27 per cent of the vote. In 1958 as ...