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Eduardo Frei Montalva (Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva) was born on 16 January, 1911 in Santiago, Chile, is a President of Chile From 1964 to 1970. Discover Eduardo Frei Montalva's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva
Occupation N/A
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 16 January 1911
Birthday 16 January
Birthplace Santiago, Chile
Date of death 1982
Died Place Santiago, Chile
Nationality Chile

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Who Is Eduardo Frei Montalva's Wife?

His wife is María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez (m. 1935)

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Children Irene Carmen Isabel Mónica Eduardo Jorge Francisco

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1865

The winery San Pedro is still well known in Lontué and Molina 200 km south of Santiago and was founded in 1865 by the brothers Bonifacio and José Gregorio Correa Albano.

1911

Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva (16 January 1911 – 22 January 1982) was a Chilean political leader.

Eduardo Frei Montalva was born in Santiago on 16 January 1911, the son of Eduard Frei Schlinz, a Swiss-born ethnic German from Feldkirch, Austria, and Victoria Montalva Martínez.

1914

In 1914, his family moved to Lontué, where his father had been hired as an accountant at a winery.

In addition, his other two siblings, Arturo and Irene, were born.

He attended the Escuela Pública de Lontué (Public School of Lontué).

1919

In 1919 the family returned to Santiago and Eduardo, as a young man, entered the boarding school Seminario Conciliar de Santiago where he remained until 1922.

1923

In 1923, he entered Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino, where he graduated in 1928, at the age of 17.

1929

As an 18-year-old, he entered Universidad Católica School of Law in 1929.

For two years, he had been visiting María, the sister of his friend, Alfredo Ruiz-Tagle.

1933

He attended high school and went on to study law, graduating as a lawyer in 1933.

He married María Ruiz-Tagle with whom he had 7 children.

1938

He began his political career in the Conservative Party, but was among a group of young men who founded their own party in 1938: the Falange Nacional.

1945

He was minister of Public Works in 1945, and in 1949, Frei was elected senator for Atacama and Coquimbo.

The same year he published “Historia de los Partidos Políticos Chilenos” (“History of Chilean Political Parties”) in collaboration with Albert Edwards Vives.

1950

In 1950, he traveled to New York as a UN delegate.

1952

In 1952, at 41 years of age, Frei Montalva announced his first candidacy in the presidential elections.

The 1952 election was won by Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.

Later, President Ibañez requested Frei to organize an executive committee.

However, this never came to be.

1954

In 1954, the UN appointed him President of the Commission in charge of elaborating the report of the Conference of Chancellors held in Rio de Janeiro.

Some of its members were: Carlos Lleras Restrepo, former President of Colombia, and Raúl Prebisch director of ECLAC.

The report served as a basis for subsequent studies on economic development and the integration of Latin America.

1956

In 1956 he was elected Senator in Santiago by first majority.

1957

On 27 July 1957, the Falange Nacional became the Christian Democratic Party of Chile, and he became the undisputed leader.

1958

Frei Montalva was offered once more the candidacy for president of the Republic in the 1958 elections.

Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was elected president while Eduardo Frei Montalva took only third place.

During these years he published three more books: “Sentido y Forma de una Política” (“Meaning and Shape of Politics”), “La Verdad Tiene Su Hora” (“Truth Has Its Time”), and “Pensamiento y Acción” (“Thought and Action”).

1960

In 1960, he lectured at conference “The Mission of Universities in Latin America” in Montevideo; a widely promoted conference at that time.

1961

In 1961, he was elected President of the First World Christian Democratic Party Congress, held in Santiago, Chile.

The congress was attended by delegations from throughout Latin America, European, North American, and African countries.

That year he was invited as special guest to a seminar on the problems of Developing Nations, held at Oxford University.

1964

In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and the 27th president of Chile from 1964 to 1970.

1973

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 22 August 1973, accused Allende of violating the Constitution.

He was later a vocal opponent of the Augusto Pinochet regime.

1982

On 22 January 1982, Frei died in Santiago, Chile, following surgery.

Assassination was suspected by some but has never been proven.

On 18 August 2023, the Supreme Court ruled out the assassination charges and declared innocent all those accused.

1994

His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, also became president of Chile (1994–2000).

His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000.