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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1989, Dec. 14 | |
| Presidential and congressional elections. PDC candidate Patricio Aylwin Azócar won the presidential bid. His Democratic Concordance coalition gained a majority of seats in the Congress. | 1 |
| 1990, March 11 | |
| Pres. Aylwin assumed power as the first democratically elected president since 1970. He vowed social and economic reforms but had to promise to maintain both a free market economy and amnesty for the military. Pinochet remained in charge of the military and security forces. | 2 |
| March 12 | |
| Pres. Aylwin freed all political prisoners. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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