Eduardo Frei Montalva

President of Chile

Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva January 16, 1911 Santiago, Chile

January 22, 1982(1982-01-22) (71) Santiago, Chile

November 3, 1964 – November 3, 1970

This article is about the Chilean president. For the Antarctic research station named after him, see Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Frei and the second or maternal family name is Montalva. Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva OMCh CGB OMRI (Spanish pronunciation:  ; January 16, 1911 – January 22, 1982) was a Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and the 28th president of Chile from 1964 to 1970. His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, also became president of Chile (1994–2000). Frei's Christian Democratic Party supported the Armed Forces intervention to remove his successor Salvador Allende from office in 1973, after the Chamber of Deputies, on August 22, 1973, accused Allende of violating the Constitution and called for his overthrow. He was later a vocal opponent of the Augusto Pinochet regime. On January 22, 1982, Frei died in Santiago, Chile following surgery. Assassination was suspected by some but has never been proven.