Patricio Carvajal

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Patricio Carvajal Prado (1918? - 16 July 1994), Chilean admiral, a Foreign Minister of Chile, and a leader of the 1973 coup that ousted President Salvador Allende.

Following the coup, Augusto Pinochet appointed him Chilean defense minister from 1973-1974 and Chilean foreign minister from 1974-1978.

Carvajal committed suicide after a long bout with cancer. [1]

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  1. ^ Staff report (July 16, 1994). Patricio Carvajal, Ex-Chile Official, 76. New York Times

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