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Allende family

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The Allende family is a Chilean family of Basque descent. They became well known during the 19th century and are based in Valparaíso. They have played a very significant role in Chilean politics.

Prominent members

  • Ramón Allende Padín (1845–1884), physician and politician, chief of the Chilean Army Medical Corps during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884)
  • Salvador Allende (1908–1973), President of Chile (1970–1973)
  • Laura Allende (1911–1981), politician, sister of Salvador Allende
  • Hortensia Bussi (1914–2009), First Lady of Chile, widow of Salvador Allende
  • Denise Pascal Allende (born 1940), politician, niece of Salvador Allende
  • Isabel Allende (born 1942), writer, daughter of Tomás Allende, a diplomatic official, and Francisca Llona Barros, first cousin once removed of Salvador Allende
  • Andrés Pascal Allende (born 1943), revolutionary, nephew of Salvador Allende
  • Beatriz Allende (1943–1977), revolutionary, daughter of Salvador Allende
  • Isabel Allende (aka Isabel Allende Bussi, born 1945), politician, daughter of Salvador Allende
  • Juan Allende, associate professor of Political Science at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia
  • Paula Frías Allende (1963–1992), daughter of writer Isabel Allende

    • References

    Allende family Wikipedia
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